No need for a secret cabal. Journalists have political preferences, which will affect their reporting: https://ballotpedia.org/Fact_check/Do_97_percent_of_journali...
In fact, Covid vaccines were important, are still important, and Covid is not a cold or a flu; and Russian influence on politics did happen, is happening, and will happen. All of these things are extensively documented with facts and evidence. That they are now also partisan warfare topics is not a reporting problem but a right wing media and leadership problem.
Where have you been the last 8 years?
https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/cyber/russian-interference-in-201... https://www.npr.org/2020/08/18/903616315/senate-releases-fin... https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/17/truth-abo...
also, interesting how you minimize via 'a few million'.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/09/16/1035851/facebook...