Why Many of Today’s News Reporters Believe It Is Their Duty to Lie to You
There is a marked difference between where the basic facts of a story go versus where the reporter would like it to go due to his or her own political tastes and views. This is precisely why the American news media for many years championed the ethical guidelines of strict neutrality and objectivity in reporting the news. A journalist who got caught molding a news story to fit his or her own biases while omitting key facts from their reporting that counted against the outcome they wanted was considered to be engaging in journalistic malpractice.
Well, in our modern age, such quaint notions as journalistic objectivity & neutrality have been utterly dispensed with. What was once considered ethical malpractice in journalism is now expected and even encouraged in many newsrooms.
You can read more here about the entire accountability journalism philosophy and how some media outlets immediately embraced it while others quickly questioned it.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/why-many-of-todays-news-reporters-believe-it-is-their-duty-to-lie-to-you_2928537.html
accountability journalism
https://archives.cjr.org/campaign_desk/accountability_journalism_ap_s.php