I can't say I ever really trusted our media, but there was a time when listening to the foreign language service of Radio Tirana on shortwave radio was a real hoot; and I mean a knee-slapping good old time because it was so blatantly phony and transparently tendentious. No one in their right mind would actually believe that tripe about Dear Leader's heroic exploits fighting shadowy "reactionary forces" so that the bounty of this year's record-breaking grain harvest might be delivered safely to the People.
Today, I can't always tell the difference between that sort of stuff and what I hear on MSNBC.
Yep I used to listen to Radio Tirana, Radio Moscow, Radio Havana Cuba, et al back in the day, and I agree, it is a lot like watching MSNBC or CNN.