There is never a general consensus on pretty much everything. Today's news problem is less with verifiable facts, and more with interpretations of facts. If I was a politician and someone snapped a picture of me reading Mein Kamph, and then I was in the general vicinity of some nutjob, most opinion hosts are going to forge ahead with a narrative that aligns with their ideology. Pretty much all of the popular shows on CNN, MSNBC, FOX are filled with these kinds of idiot know-it-all blowhards.