The media is an unavoidable means of social communication and presentation of various information, but also disinformation. Manipulation is a process that is conscious, intentional and controlled, for the purpose of managing individuals or certain groups of people, and in order to change their attitudes, views and thinking, often in their favor. Manipulation in the media is unavoidable, or rather everyday, given the huge amount of available media, and especially due to the great development of online media, which makes them more easily accessible. In this paper, a survey was conducted on a sample of 123 people, different age groups, and according to the respondents, all media use different types of manipulation, but the online media stand out. The research also showed to the greatest extent the great distrust of the respondents towards the media in general. The aim of this paper is to define media and manipulation in the context of media and to show the importance of true information in media, and it is also shown that information can use the power of manipulation.