You so don’t know how news is produced locally, regionally, and at a network.
You are making wild assumptions about these people working hard. They don’t. Have you ever noticed the same story, told using the same words—over and over. And most of them are from overnight reporters just out of college.
There is no master mind directing things. It is lazy kids and good looking mouth pieces. They just read what the kids write. And they don’t even write well anymore.
I don't recall making any assumptions at all. The vast majority of media pukes don't even know what hard work is.