I'm going to give the general populace this much: To the extent that they're buying the left's narrative on this, it's in part because it's not that easy to find straight reporting on the matter. If you think Trump "banned Muslims" or has decided to "turn away refugees" as a matter of general policy, I guess you can kinda sorta be forgiven for simply digesting what's being fed to you.
But my patience with you goes only so far. If it's really true that trust in the mainstream media is at a putrid 30 percent, then you should know better than to swallow hook, line and sinker what they're dangling in front of you. And maybe you do, but you wouldn't know it by the hordes at airports and the fevered condemnations. The hysterics of the New York Times pretty well cover the disposition of the political class: