People are no longer looking to the press to get informed, just entertained. That's a dynamic they chose to create and gave up their credibility in the process.
This. They have outright lied about and censored quite a few things the past few years so why would you turn to "mainstream media" to get the truth. And it is not like scandal is not there to be had, it is just that the majority of the media is a cheerleader for the party currently in charge, so things that would have been huge news with nonstop coverage for the last administration are barely mentioned or not mentioned at all.
For example, Hunter Biden. Could you imagine if one of Trump's kids had a laptop that was left at a computer store and carried a bunch of his conversations and photos and business dealings and it was found that:
1. He liked to use the "n word" like he is a rapper.
2. He loved his prostitutes and getting hooked up with women, just not the "yellow" kind.
3. He got caught up in a credit card issue with Russian hookers (in the US) who he double paid and ended up having to threaten to get money back.
4. Had inappropriate photos and conversations pointing to an interest in underage girls.
5. Had self created porn videos of him with said hookers mentioned above and smoking crack with them.
6. Had to get the secret service and FBI involved to recover a gun that was lost when his brother's ex-wife (whom he was banging) took it away from him and threw it in a supermarket dumpster because she was afraid of him and subsequently lost the gun. (This is old news, but how many of you knew about it? And do you think that would be the case with one of Trump's kids? Hell, do you think that would be the case with any Republican running for President?l
7. Hunter lied on his gun application.
You want more?
1. Why is Jill Biden involved in, or planned to be involved in so many diplomatic meetings lately?
2. In these aforementioned meetings, why are Biden and more specifically Harris (since we assume that Biden is uh, unavailable) not involved?
There is always something to create scandal about or complain about day after day. The fact of the matter is that all of our news is propaganda designed to push one party or another. I think that is, at best, split about 75% pulling for the left and about 25% for the right. Given the left dominated the media market at all levels and their people are running the government, they have a vested interest in turning down the scandal and fear porn knob. And so their viewers go looking for other ways to entertain themselves.