An interesting difference being that as a professional pilot, I have no ability to convey to the general public a belief that any or all journalists are incompetent.
The reverse is not true.
besides, I don't care about left or right wing politics in the meeja, I care about speculation and ratings grabbing, lowest-common-denominator dumbed-down sub-GCSE standard analysis being portrayed as fact and the BBC (or SKY, or CNN) as the last defender of integrity and public service.
I will add that Ian, or any journalist anywhere, is of course welcome to disagree - but as we know talk is cheap; my opinions are based on what I see and hear around me, not what anyone else tells me.
I do still sincerely hope that we eventually see some evidence that I have made the wrong assessment.