The media is in a frenzy to get you to click click click in order to raise ad revenues.  They are a business, and if the people clicked on insightful, well-researched journalism, that is what the press would supply.  To claim that the press is biased seems to assume a monolithic "media" that does not exist.  Each writer and editor has their own views and each is biased in their own way politically, but overall the only bias shared by all is the desire to attract those clicks and generate those dollars.

A well informed population does not start with n or is it hampered by the press - People get the news they demand from businesses that supply it.  The population is exactly as well informed as they wish to be, which is not much.   After all, aren't you (and I, maybe?) well-informed?  Gee, how'd we do that?  A little effort?  A desire for real knowledge?  That is what this nation lacks:  The desire to be well-informed.  Raw data?  It is available, but not as entertaining as scandal...