America doesn't have a clear "Antagonist" anymore to unify media, news, and discussion in an "us vs them" way. Instead lots of groups have found and formed thei

America doesn't have a clear "Antagonist" anymore to unify media, news, and discussion in an "us vs them" way. Instead lots of groups have found and formed their own bad guys and media is largely fractured on that parameter. This is why lots of boomers think the news is "biased" now too, because they grew up with all of society unified against a common EXTERNAL foe, for better or worse. There was nobody saying "actually the USSR shouldn't be the enemy", mostly because socialist everything was snuffed out by WW2.