The truth has always been fuzzy/slippery. There never was a golden age of unbiased nothing-but-the-correct-truth journalism. The only change now is it's a little more obvious.
And IMO that realization is a sort of "coming of age" that isn't in any way unique to modern generations.
When you become an adult and realize that the people running the show are just humans like you...
And that anyone selling you a simple "one right perspective" is only selling you part of the truth.
These days media organisations cause outrage for the sole purpose of getting you mad, only to read the article and realise the title is nonsense and you've just given them ad money.