The US news sources are predominantly orchestrated by the CIA so I look at foreign news sources too and pick my way through the offerings and at the end of the day, assemble pieces from various agencies which appear to be supported by evidence found elsewhere over time, or supported by documentation or people who appear to be trustworthy.
[The US news sources are predominantly orchestrated by the CIA]
I’d say far leftists who enter the CIA and the media are fellow travelers. When Catholics enter two institutions and favor Catholic causes, do we say that one institution is leading the other? They’re merely birds of a feather. While the % of far leftists in the media probably far exceeds the CIA quotient, the media look for CIA (and other) sources that reinforce their far left world view and discard the others in their written output. Are there right-wingers in the CIA? Sure. But these are not the people cited by the media.