Wouldn’t it be better to advise journalists to:
Tell the truth.
If you are ignorant about Islam, read up on it.
If you are ignorant of the various Muslim countries, read up on them.
Don’t take anyone’s word for it, either for or against. Do your homework. Read the Koran. Read the basic writings. Read a few histories of Islam. And read a few histories of the Crusades.
Facts, facts, facts. Sure, you should listen to what Muslims have to say for themselves, but do enough studying to know if they are telling the truth or lying.
Did Mohammed advocate rape, pillage, conquest, murder, oathbreaking, wife abuse? What do the sources reveal about these matters? What does it reveal about people who can accept these sorts of activities as the highest model of human behavior?
But I forgot. These folks were trained in journalism schools. Stuff like truth and facts and reading up on the background are completely foreign to them.
Wouldn’t it be better to not call them “journalists”?