Betteridge’s law (what you are referencing without knowing the name of) is mostly just a symptom of the increasing “anti-intellectual”/“anti-journalism” push by the various totalitarian regimes of the world.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge's_law_of_headlines

In academia (which this is a lot closer to) it is wrong. And even among “pop journalism” it is really 50/50.

But people, like you, cite it as an excuse to not actually engage with the topic at hand while feeling a sense of moral and intellectual superiority.