Having a hard time really knowing who to trust in politics anymore

[Seraphina]

So, biases, biases, biases. I have my opinions on news. News has opinions on politics. I have opinions on politics, my political opinions are based on news. News is the only way I can get my political opinions, unless I somehow have first hand experience. 

So who the hell can I trust in the news? There's always two sides saying the exact opposite thing. I used to be on board the whole hilary clinton is corrupt wagon. I watched this 30 minute video by sargon of akkad today called "hilary clinton must lose", detailing the full extent of DNC conspiracy to get hilary elected, media bias favoring hilary, hilary funding isis, and being funded by saudi arabia, lying pathologically or whatever, the whole stupid email scandal thing.

You know, I've heard all these conspiracy theories, but I just don't feel I'm convinced by them anymore. Unfortunately, I've fallen pray before to trusting people because I agree with them on some core ideologies, and not being skeptical about the stuff they say before. Well now I'm skeptical about the stuff being said in the election, I'm skeptical about the stuff that everyone's saying. Because it seems to me that all the anti hilary stuff comes from right wingers, who are full of lies themselves.

But that's just the thing, it's one of those bipartisan issues. I hear conflicting opinions coming from both sides, I hear democrats talking about this corruption stuff, I hear democrats I also really respect like Bill Maher saying that it's rubbish and it's just the republicans trying to screw clinton over. Okay????? You know, I used to be ardently opposed to hilary, because I would buy into all that anti hilary stuff that people I trust have been saying, even people like secular talk radio and the young turks, who I like, are anti clinton. 

At this point I just gotta say, I don't know anymore. I just really have no fucking clue about anything going on in the world anymore, and I feel like I know so little that all the facts that I know might as well just be air that slips right through my grasp. And can I just say how stressful this election season has been? I've never been so involved, so frustrated, and so emotional over one election season in my life. It's been a terrible journey through joy sapping emotions.

Oh dear, you must be new at this, you poor lamb. 
There's a lot of rubbish out there as far as news and politics go. When trying to figure out what is fact and what is fantasy, consider the source.
Be careful about getting your "facts" from comedians like Bill Maher or shows like The Daily Show. I enjoy watching those too but those aren't necessarily sources that show all points of view on a given topic.
And remember, no matter what happens on election day, it's going to be ok. Our Republic has been through worse than this election.