This is the heart of it. The media, I think, is basically Deep State. The media says what the government tells them to say. There is hardly any real journalism. There is mostly propaganda.
I think it’s the other way around. The deep state is one apparatus, but the media arm is what sets the agenda for the politicians. The media is more constant in its position, and truly more powerful because they are unelected and do not answer to a vote. We the people have very little influence on what the media does, they are not accountable to us. They rarely face any serious consequences, only sometimes losing their job, which is peanuts compared to the harm they inflict on everyone else.