I think the operative trope is more Sturgeon's Law than Gell-Mann Amnesia. I had a period where I was reading obsessively about Covid, including reading papers and listing to TWiV (which is very informative but requires a massive time commitment). What I found is that the best of the science journalists (Helen Branswell, Jon Cohen, Kai Kupferschmidt, Amy Maxmen, Ed Jong) were excellent, writing with a deep understanding of the subject material and providing useful context. The median news story was just awful, and the WSJ and NYT opinion pages were for the most part a dumpster fire ("There Isn't a Coronavirus 'Second Wave'" is a masterpiece, chef's kiss).

I've generally found the same thing is true in other domains. Seek out writers who know their stuff. They exist, they're just not consistently the most popular.