Well... repeating what main stream media say is called siding with mainstream media, NotATether
That is backwards. By that logic, that would mean every account tweeting about this or writing it on social media, Medium, and other blogs including Lyn Alden and Joel Valenzuela who you quoted in your post are all siding with mainstream media.
Have you ever considered that MSM doesn't care about your or my opinion? That's why it's still primarily broadcasted on TV or on large websites with a comment section only observed by some outsourced content moderators from India.
You really can't allow them to just dominate the discussion like that. If there is no way to have any discourse or opinion then we will be stuck watching and scrolling through news written by billion dollar companies.