It's not just the distrust, it's the cratering confidence levels in the lamestream media that results from that distrust. Well, at least for those who don't drink their kool-aid, as you clearly do.
16% of Americans have a great deal/quite a lot of confidence in newspapers
11% have some the degree of confidence in television news
https://news.gallup.com/poll/394817/media-confidence-ratings-record-lows.aspx