You know, when Will Rogers said "All I know is what I read in the papers" - Americans across the country laughed, because it was SUPPOSED TO BE FUNNY.
A hundred years ago - and further back - Americans knew that the press lied to them all the time. Of all the hats Ben Franklin wore, he was proudest of being "a printer" - a man who printed newspapers. And he was famous for exploiting bias in the press to move public opinion.
What bothers me is the low information voter - and they're not necessarily unintelligent people. They're just not into following what's going on. There's a Scripture that says the first to present his case seems right, until someone comes along to question it - well, in our press, if you're first out the door with a completely bullchit story, it will still linger in people's minds long after people have questioned it and proven otherwise.
We have idiots who STILL THINK Sicknick was killed with a fire extinguisher, even though it was false, it was made up, there was never any proof of that, it was ALWAYS speculation and every major media outlet that originally ran with it has run a retraction. People will STILL SAY IT HAPPENED. If you show them they're wrong, they won't believe you. The Russian collusion story has been shown beyond all doubt that it originated from a dossier full of bullchit coming from Clinton's own oppo research and it couldn't pass muster for several tries - because it was crap. Amazingly, now that it's been over for years - no "new" witnesses or data has come to light, because there wasn't any.
People STILL claim Russians elected Trump, but sneer at the idea that Trump beat Biden as some kind of conspiracy crap.