Having worked in newspaper (yes! actual paper!) space for several years, my perspective on this is : Everything is gray. For those living around mid 20th century : pot calling the kettle black. For the 00s : EverythingIsTerrible
Criticism is perfectly fine. But we should still seek improvement in light of it.
The problem is not marching forward and progressing. If you use everything sucks to turn your brain off and accept things for what they are, you will be discouraged from progress.