The difference between you and I is that I'm not fooled by the corporate proxy that is western media.

And that's only something you're reading into this. I'm well aware of the problems with western media. Some of them are notorious for their lies, many are corporate controlled, and especially in the US, refuse to even acknowledge anti corporate sentiment (see how US media struggled to make sense of Luigi Mangione, for example), but they're fairly transparent about it, and and sometimes they really are telling the truth.

With some critical thinking, you can actually discern the truth out of that, without having to resort to Russian state media's reports on the disastrous war Russia is waging.