Journalism has a few problems these days as many have either slowed down using correct journalistic practice, ethics, journalistic integrity, and/or blurred the line too much between factual news and opinion. The ones that still walk somewhat of a straight line are threatened with extinction.
We used to generally know how to spot bullshit, scammers, and jerks.
For the last point....that's one thing that's sorely lacking.
After years of mainstream news sources being provably wrong about so many major stories and repeating the inaccuracies long after the truth has come out (often with video or other documentations)....and they still have credibility in the eyes of many....it's just shocking.
Trust in the media is at an all-time low as far as I'm aware, at least according to some polls (RCP, Civiqs). But, it's still far too high as far as I'm concerned. And, yes, I lump Fox in with that statement.
News publications having a bias is not new. But them hiding it and pretending to be neutral arbiters is both relatively new and completely false. Now...the big ones are also either liars or incompetent. They're not even opinion pieces pretending to be factual reporting anymore...they're often lies or just wrong.
That problem also isn't necessarily a political issue. There are left and right-slanted journalists that do great work. Seriously.
The good ones are often a bit harder to find....because a lot of it winds up behind a paywall. Some of that is a reaction to the censorship on mainstream tech platforms, and some of it is because advertisers don't seem to want anything to do with them.
If you're not paying for at least some of your news, you're not getting good news.