[stonethrowaway]

Honestly it’s the same issue with new media. Not much has improved. Moralizing and bullshit rhetoric is well and alive across the internet.

[Rochus]

There are of course also similar contributors in new media (e.g. all the traditional media having also their youtube channel), but there are also youtube channels which deliver reliable facts and good research and analysis. You just have to find them.

[isthatafact]

Unfortunately, unless you already know fact from disinformation on the specific topic, it is not possible to robustly identify which youtube channels are even attempting to deliver reliable facts. You may get hints because misinformation often tends to be self-inconsistent and illogical, but you may just end up following a trail of confidently-presented lies.

Traditional media, however, at least has a traditional foundation of journalistic standards, even if they might also be biased toward augmenting fear or controversy, or giving equal weight to completely irrational viewpoints on a topic.