>The author assumes that "the media" are some homogenous lump that all thinks the same and pumps out the same content.
There are zillion examples of this becoming more and more true. Increasingly often, articles are written to support shared meta-narratives, regardless of what's happening in reality. From just last few days, here is NYT and CNN drawing completely idiotic parallels between r/wallstreetbets and MAGA:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/29/style/gamestop-wallstreet...
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/savingandinvesting/gamestop-...
This is borderline self-parody. The fact that several major outlets wrote something of this sort should raise red flags for anyone paying attention.