Maybe if the media wasn't effectively an appendage of the state and transparently lying on a regular basis, citizens would be a lot less vulnerable to bullshit.
Which media, which state? For decades certain media and certain public officials have been lying about climate change while raking in money from companies with a vested interest in those lies. There is quite a lot of media which drives viewership by insisting that "the media" and "the government" is lying to them. And they're not always wrong, but they're always politically motivated.