If what you say is true, we both agree that conventional news outlets aren’t the right place to try go for research. However, let’s say Breitbart and websites that thrive on conspiracy theories, flat earth beliefs and chemtrails aren’t exactly what they’d expect you to cite at the end of your paper or research. And unless you were replying to somebody else, I’m a him, not her, I understand it can be confusing because my user name is not gender specific.
A conspiracy theory is just a truth that nobody wants to believe because it is far too disturbing.
That being said, clearly, as you state, main stream media, including "Fox News" is not reliable.. why? Because they are controlled by the people who want you to believe what they tell you, not what is true.
As far as chemtrails are concerned, one need to simply look into the sky to see what they are doing. This subject matter is nothing I have ever addressed in a research paper.
Flat earth? Spinning ball? Moon landing? (the moon is a luminary created by God to light the night. It is not a "planet" that you can fly to and land on). Regarding flat earth.. if you simply use your God-given senses, the flat earth covered by a firmament is so obvious it's almost painful. Look up. He is right there.