Also note that Article V is arguably the best kept secret of the unconstitutionally big federal government, Article V showing that the states, not the federal government, uniquely controls what the Constitution says, the states therefore having absolute control of the federal government (shhh!). So I don't think that corrupt Congress really wants voters to know more about Article V than they have to.
Many of us who share this forum keep a copy of the Constitution on his/her person at all times -- it's another form of "concealed carry." :)
You're right, though: the death of local newspapers and radio/TV stations and the growing dominance of national news media contribute to the news message becoming more homogenized. It's an effort for a citizen, exhausted after a long day of work and family and other responsibilities, to sit down and self-educate about current issues. As a result, people aren't aware of the Constitution's firewalls and watertight doors which prevent tyranny from seeping out. The state-controlled media will begin to portray the Constitutionally-aware citizens as a threat.
The bottom line problem concerning why everybody's so interested in federal elections of any kind is the following. As a consequence of widespread ignorance of the constitutionally limited powers of the federal government, voters don't understand that most of the federal government's powers are actually 10th Amendment protected state powers which corrupt presidents and corrupt Congresses have wrongly usurped from the states.
The push is to nationalize everything.
The push is by Constitution-ignoring minority factions who are taking advantange of widespread voter ignorance of the Constitution.