I keep hearing about second waves in California and Texas, but I won't take those reports seriously until I see a reliable source weigh in with good numbers. I'm not willing to give the MSM the benefit of the doubt on anything unless it disputes their narrative, because only then can I trust they're being (reluctantly) truthful.

Some might call this confirmation bias, but I'm willing to accept inconvenient facts. What I'm not willing to do is take them at face value without a lot of convincing. If the media tells me something that advances leftist crap, I assume it's most likely either fake news or inflated ridiculously in a way that suits their bias. If they say something that makes their side look bad, I believe it because I know they were forced to accept it after checking 100 times. In those rare cases, the truth is actually much more stark than even what they admit to.

The only times I question news that's good for the center or the right are when it comes from a friendly source, or a frenemy source like Fox.