I would say its more about using every tool, source of information and research from every possible angle, including your own.
What i said was that official sources, while obviously being valuable tools, shouldnt always be taken at face value and as absolute fact
Using them as a singular source for discerning truth is often an easy way to be misled.
Like with anything, if you want to truly underatand, you must exercise your own crtitical thought, rather than have another person or entity do the work for you.
In regards to the latter, you've had your mind up on that since day 1 it seems. Your stubbornness seems to limit your ability to see anything beyond this false reality you've constructed of me. Ive given a lot of looks. Good, bad and all things in between.
And all you can see is whatever aligns with the narrative you have constructed since day 1. Which says more about you than anything