I’ll try to put it so that even you should get it: The difference is that covid is a real thing while religion is made up bullshit.

There is no independent media. This doesn’t mean that there is no value in consuming it. If some source tells you they are “unbiased”, independent from advertisers/funding or free of (private) agenda they either intentionally lie or lack self-reflection.

Doesn’t change the fact that you shouldn’t judge a book by its publisher.

Yes please asses the credibility of their articles based on their associations with shady companies instead of the contents plausibility.