I honestly don't think it does. When you independently measure trust in the media it's less than 20%.

The media is just the noisy backdrop they use to pre-explain the shit they're going to do anyways. It's a pantomime show. They do it so you assume the country isn't stolen just controlled by retards.

Meanwhile they're on private islands dumping bodies into the ocean and laughing the entire time. If things get really hairy they'll blow up a building or release a disease.