Not saying I like the current climate at all but TV stations and newspapers have always had their own bias and "newsfeed" so to speak. Is it really easier today

Not saying I like the current climate at all but TV stations and newspapers have always had their own bias and "newsfeed" so to speak. Is it really easier today than before to surround yourself with news that lacks credibility? There's always been junk newspapers and junk TV news channels. People need to develop their own critical thinking skills and not rely on e.g. a specific newspaper they believe to have standards to do their thinking for them. I mean do you personally have an issue with identifying inaccurate news stories? If not, why not? People that want to believe obviously made up news are going to find some way to get their fix of news like that whether Google or Facebook filter it out for them or not.