It seems like there was an era of journalism where the minimum quality was higher : in between the disappearance of the yellow press (WW2 ??) and the rise of so

It seems like there was an era of journalism where the minimum quality was higher : in between the disappearance of the yellow press (WW2 ??) and the rise of social media. Was that a result of economic consolidation ? Or am I mistaken and the yellow press never went away ? (And why does it seem like it did for a while ?)