he probably just believes a source that didn't turn out to be directly funded by the US government, one you would likely dismiss as not a real journalist

I'm all for free media but the legacy outlets currently screaming about cuts are primarily upset because THEY just lost a ton of government funding but that's good because I don't want government run news, even if it comes in a bunch of brand names, and it's funny that all the "reputable" outlets just happen to be the ones with the closest relationships to the CIA and FBI and historically have covered for their worst injustices.

no, I do not shed a tear for what is happening to the old government controlled legacy media.