So you've managed to blend elitist ideas of some people being less or more "qualified" to disseminate certain opinions than others who don't share your ideological preferences with supposedly egalitarian ideas of reducing concentration of power.

Also, journalistic standards, historically, were little or not at all better than anything you see online today. Yellow journalism was a major part of media since long before the internet and newspapers pandering to very specific, dishonest biases was also pervasive, but with few genuinely unfiltered alternative viewpoints being available. The difference today is that a real plurality of opinions is finally possible and can be globally made visible. The media gatekeepers hate this and thus create contrived arguments about an imaginary golden standard of media integrity and mass misinformation.