"Politicians" and "Journalists" aren't specific enough to discuss this problem, people haven't been suddenly believing politicians in general they've latched on

"Politicians" and "Journalists" aren't specific enough to discuss this problem, people haven't been suddenly believing politicians in general they've latched onto specific politicians in specific political parties and believe them. Similarly, you can have people who say they think journalists are all liars but believe specific journalists or specific news outlets. It's like how congresspeople are re-elected pretty consistently despite the national approval of congress as a whole being in the dirt, people like what _their_ guy is up to but not what everyone else is doing.