Different times, different means of disinformation. Information has always been important, one of the most important things for forming an opinion, a decision, and your whole life. Nowadays, I just read between the lines and ask myself: what do they want to say with this, what is the intention behind this text, what is the task of the writer, what was he ordered to say.
Years ago, I wasn't like that, but over the years, that's exactly what happened - to be careful about how I perceive every piece of information, because every piece of information has a purpose.
I think personal experience is the most relevant information - when you see something with your own eyes and experience it yourself. I have talked to many people who express an opinion about a country solely from their own life journey, without ever having set foot in that country. Maybe they just read something somewhere and are totally misinformed, but completely convinced of the already firmly formed, erroneous opinion. I also think that talking to people on the spot is also more useful than reading some fictional stuff about that place.
And my GP, yeah... luckily, I managed to change it 😃