If anyone is the "voice of the normie" I believe it would be Joe Rogan. Last week, he was on Tim Pool's show, and said that now pretty much everyone believes the media is full of S___. He said "it is quite a big difference between now and Walter Cronkite.
Another guest (Luke? Ian?) said "actually, he lied also. They always lied. It's just that now the people are realizing it. Rogan agreed, and then began giving some of his own examples of how the media had always lied.
Glad I'm not the only one. I had an interest in politics since I was 6. Not sure who I inherited that from because neither of my parents are. Our grade school held a mock presidential debate and had students represent Bush and Clinton. I insisted that Ross Perot was just as important and since I "knew so much about him" was chosen to represent him in the debates. After going back and forth with the Bush and Clinton kids, I realized they were just repeating and paraphrasing what the talking heads said about Bush, Clinton, and Perot, without ever really listening to any of the men speak. I hated that TV and the other kids made fun of the way Perot looked and spoke kinda goofy. He was a billionaire businessman that earned his chops, and wasn't the greatest speaker in the world but his solutions for fixing the government and economy were practical and sound, and I liked what he had to say. That experience really opened my eyes to how the taking heads define what the people believe, as opposed to actually taking the time to listen to the candidates speak for themselves. '91 or '92, I believe.