We are growing and evolving (sorry about that word, Republicans!). The press didn't start out as seekers of truth, but more like blarers of sensationalism. Remember, we come from the unscientific world of 'Revealed Truth'. You went to church and mosque and synagogue and temple for the Truth, the news was just gossip and the bloodiest stories that sold. These days we are crawling out from under mountains of myth and seeing the sun is a star and that we are moving in space, not the center of the universe.
Now that we occasionally want to act grown up, we need to be able to discriminate, and we need the help of professionals who can ferret out fact from fiction when those who hold power attempt to bulldoze us. Trump has shown himself to be a prime example of bulldozer. He is going to be the Bulldozer in Chief for four years and then try for four more.
Lincoln warned us: Some of us can be fooled all the time. All of us can be fooled some of the time. And enough of us were fooled on Nov. 8.