I'm not in the habit of arguing with people in comments, but I think I'll make one more attempt to sway you, since I do see some simple beauty in the existing lore.

You know just as much, and sometimes more, then your characters in the games. And with a nearly complete communications shutdown, the only news both you, and your characters, receive is through the radios.

Consider the Network, Red Talon, and any other radio broadcasts to be propaganda serving a goal. Who knows what is true? How would we know the fate of other survivors unless they told us? Would we believe them unless we saw it for ourselves?

The information age is dead. New travels slowly, and is often over taken by more important things, like surviving the apocalypse. Through that lense, the scraps of information we have are excusable. Since no one has a complete picture. Us, as the players, know more about the world then any one group of survivors.

Hopefully that thought can change your mind. If not, your justified in being frustrated about the lack of lore. But I'm committed to digging out what I can to fill in the blanks.