Do we have the power to stop being distracted?

People say that things like Trump’s wall is just a distraction from other things, but where do we get ALL of our information about what he is doing? We get it from the media. If they aren’t reporting on the “other issues” that Trump is trying to hide, are they helping him? Even those who are a neutral like BBC, ABC, Reuters, etc? Why don’t they go ahead and report on them? Or do they, and we just don’t pay attention to that news? And don’t we have the power to control that?