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I did. my point being the web is not always going to give you the God's honest truth.
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There are also a lot of studies that provide statistics...
of course the internet is not always reliable
of course books are not always reliable
and of course what whitnesses are telling us is not always true
and even what you see with your own eyes might not be "true".
But you can't ignore it.
read everything you find to a certain topic, visit the area, and you still don't know "the truth" -
...but you are beginning to understand the complexity of the topic....you are beginning to understand the complexity of history, you are beginning to understand the strategy the authors of the several articles, books, documentaries etc are using, you might find a difference between scientific history approach (as many sources as possible, spending a lot of time in analysing the sources) and the approach to history that media uses ( - journalism is based on popularity, time pressure, to address more people in less time)...and you are far closer than before.