Though it's not surprising. Since the dawn of "social media" - which perhaps started with cuneiform or even cave art (!) - some people have filtered what news they trust, which is natural. What scares me is that many have come to trust only those sources they receive from their so-called "circle" or tribe/clan/associates etc. Soooo they are quite averse to believing truth even when it is consensus approved and demonstrably not fiction or opinion but fact. Expertise in complex subjects is discounted as either a "conspiracy" or being led by hidden agendas. In my opinion the mistrust of science and expertise in such complex subjects such as climate change, global economics, heck, even medicine - witness people who refuse vaccines for their children despite all evidence to the contrary - is more than perturbing, it is disturbing. Experts can be wrong of course, but the idea that one's "gut feeling" is correct and should have equal "clout" compared to science or overwhelming consensus is downright dangerous. And that's my opinion, of course! :^)
Rick