if by boomers you mean a community with above average expectations for the quality of submissions and commentary, sure

I thought it was a joke about a propensity to peddle public policy that will drive the world off a cliff, but not until after we get ours.

That's politicians and media influencers of all ages, not the general public

The new generation of tiktok / podcast "independent journalists" is a serious issue / case of what you describe. They are many doing zero journalism and repeating propaganda, some paid by countries like Russia (i.e. Tim Pool and that whole crew that got caught and never face consequences)