Can the media ever be relied upon to convey the truth?

The media can never be relied upon to convey the truth.
According to the article,America does not truly have a “free press.” Fear of losing readers, viewers and advertising dollars actually control the decisions made by corporate-controlled news media. These influences can also be labeled the three “P’s”: Popularity, Prejudice and Profit.
To achieve popularity, America’s corporate-controlled media selectively only allow certain news and articles to be advertised.To achieve popularity in recent years, news and articles are often twisted in favour of the government or to the favour of the editors,Great lies were created along the way to make people believe that America has freedom of press
The second “P” spurring the corporate-controlled news media is prejudice. Americans journalists often twist and turn their news in favour of the Whites instead of the African-American.This can be proved by the O. J. Simpson and Robert Blake cases.Both of them killed their wives but were treated differently by one of the journalist.The White was of course being interviewed after his aquittance but the African-American was not as fortunate.
The final, and most powerful, “P” driving corporate-controlled news media is profit.To increase profits, corporate-controlled media have decided to “manufacture” and “market” news.Most television or radio interviews, unless they are aired live, are usually subjected to editing.Even though an individual may provide several minutes of intelligent and well-reasoned analysis, the words are often condensed into a few seconds of “sound bites” that can be manipulated to give a deceptive, and even dishonest, impression of what was actually said.Media sacrifices truth, impartiality and ethics for the sake of ratings and profit.
Hence,i feel that news are often published for the sake of profits and to show to the public something that they are interested in.News are often published as a "propaganda tool" to brainwash and instill new information on people's mind.For example:the Iraq war.The media only show America's victory and triumph to the public,they will never show the number of innocent people and soldiers sacrificed.This show that media is only a tool used by the government to show the "approved" news to the public and can never be relied upon to convey the truth.