I don’t know how the US news media can expect us to believe a damn thing they say on this Ukraine thing, being such obvious government propagandists on virtually every other issue over the past decade, including Russian election collusion.
“...over the past [four] decade[s].”
I haven’t been able to find a single sound reason to trust the major media since the day they jumped in the tank with Democrats to savage President Reagan, and they were plenty sketchy before that, running cover for much of Carter’s weakness.