How is GPT better or worse than the equivalent human talking head who may be employed by a large news organization or may be a de facto parrot from McLuhan or P

How is GPT better or worse than the equivalent human talking head who may be employed by a large news organization or may be a de facto parrot from McLuhan or Postman's generation? Is ChatGPT weaponized in a way that is functionally any different than the seemingly default mode parroting of left/right false dichotomous views spewed out by news outlets for decades on Cable TV and now the internet? What makes GPT special in this regard? I find myself lecturing my neighbors on local news stories that are straightforward and routine by comparison to any problem of veracity in GPT I've witnessed in the last year of using it daily. The problem is not that GPT has invented veracity problems. Rather, the problem is that no one was listening when McLuhan said it, Postman said it, or Haidt said it. Veracity matters. Sensemaking is difficult. In response to weaponized misinformation, we need weaponized sensemaking. I've yet to see any indication that the best and brightest are working on the latter.