"Mainstream pushes"? What does that mean? When someone says something like, "The MSM would have you believe that..." What media outlets are they referring to? I believe in those cases, they are referring to one or more of the following: Fox, CNN, Newsmax, MSNBC, NYT, WaPo, WSJ, NYPost, etc. I find it almost unfathomable the degree of polarity in beliefs worldwide. How we ever bridge this immense chasm is certainly unknown to me.
For example, here is a perfect example of gaslighting (or possibly being gaslit):
It isn't a Ukrainian war. Russia invaded Ukraine and Ukraine is fighting to maintain their sovereignty. If Ukraine stops fighting, they lose their independence. If Russia stops fighting, the killing stops, the war ends. This is a Russan war IN Ukraine. What TYT and others are really against is the US aiding Ukraine in defending itself.
I'm fairly certainly all ordinary citizens are antiwar. What kind person really wants a war? Almost nobody. Although certainly corrupt governments like the US, China, Russia, hired mercenaries, and defense contractors probably love war. But your average American, Ukrainian, or Russian citizen doesn't want war.
It's very difficult to reconcile the concept of MSM media in my head. My guess is that MSM moniker is just a euphemism for media outlets that swing left.
Fortunately for all of us, these legacy media outlets have a bleak future as boomers are expiring.