After the Bezos acquisition, the Washington Post abandoned their already lowered standards. They're now racing to the bottom to become BuzzFeed 2.0.
The fourth estate is dying and the internet, which should be it's replacement, is under legislative attack because it is a threat to the oligarchy.
Traditional media had similar problems, but to a much lesser extend... and the biases/propaganda were much more obvious.
Like you said though, one interesting side-effect is that for the astute reader you can discern what the talking points of the day/week/month are by paying attention to the narrative.