I’m curious who you trust for your information. I like to read a lot, hell I even watch CNN to see what crap they are peddling now and then. There’s nothing wrong with cross referencing. Fauci is supposedly THE MAN and he has been wrong the whole time. All these elites are bought.
I trust but verify the Wall Street Journal for what most would call news.
Outside of that, I read a wide variety of sources. In areas I take a deep dive, I go to industry and relevant scholarly journals and such as a jumping off point.
I actively avoid MSM when it relates to information as a vast majority is commentary...I like to think for myself, not how others want me to and I don’t particularly need or want confirmation bias to influence the decisions I’m making.