10 characteristics of conspiracy theorists, page-115

"but some posters go so far the other way, to the extent that they simply cannot accept as true anything in the mainstream media that they find uncomfortable."

Jamwolf, Keep in mind that in Germany in the 1930's the mainstream media vilified Jewish people. More recently the mainstream media(even the BBC) spun the weapons of mass destruction garbage. The conspiracy theorists of these times would have been questioning the motives of the government and attempting to look through the spin to what the end game may be. Main stream press is an instrument of government and corporations. Watch and listen but don't necessarily believe.