Although I don't know your full background, that you're on this site implies you have tech experience and so can spot reporting failures in tech. This makes me think you're just experiencing the Gell-Mann amnesia effect [0], and trust the reporting of other topics solely because you have less experience with those topics.

If you can expect reporting to be wrong on one topic, why do you trust them to be right on other topics?

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gell-Mann_amnesia_effect