You have to believe the media. It's not like we have years of being lied to on various things. The reports always bring out the truth with extensive coverage like Epstein, Russia, Trumps assassination attempt, Las Vegas shooter, Floyd and the Kennedy shootings and the incredible insight of trading by politicians, Hunter's laptop and the list must be finite even if I can't find the end...I see a lot of news stories saying there isn't an issue in Springfield, then I also see a lot of videos of actual residents saying there is.
So I can see where people would have a hard time believing this is real, you either trust the stories from new organizations that aren't based out of the town or the words of the actual residents.