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You should definitely never think that the "right" source is automatically the one that shouts the loudest or gets the most clicks. That's probably the biggest mistake people make - they confuse reach with credibility.
I've experienced this myself when I wanted to get information about a specific topic. I came across a super professionally put-together blog that seemed completely trustworthy to me at first - good formatting, lots of details, academic tone. It wasn't until I fact-checked the same info against two or three independent sources that I realized the guy was just selling his personal opinion dressed up in scientific jargon. That's when it hit me: truth doesn't belong to whoever sells it most convincingly.
The real solution is probably to read multiple sources, and they're allowed to contradict each other - then think for yourself instead of blindly following someone. Not because you'll become a critical genius, but because that way you'll at least notice where the real overlaps are. It's more exhausting than just following an influencer, but that's exactly where the truth lies: not with a person or platform, but in the process you go through yourself.
The problem isn't really that there are too many sources, but that many of them are bad or spreading bullshit. Truth doesn't belong to anyone - it's just there, regardless of who says it. What matters is that you look at things critically yourself, compare sources, and notice which information contradicts itself or has no evidence behind it. In the end, you have to form your own judgment instead of blindly relying on one source.
If you're the one choosing which sources you consume, then you have to be willing to question yourself too - and that's the biggest hurdle, because we all like to stay in our bubble. Truth doesn't belong to anyone, but people can grab the power to interpret it, and that's exactly where manipulation happens: not because there are too many sources, but because most people don't actually compare them critically - they just believe whatever gets pushed into their feed first. Checking multiple independent sources and listening to uncomfortable perspectives - that takes time and energy, and that's where most people fall short.
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