But one would assume that good reporters would dig these facts out. Not sure that's going to happen. The priority, as usual, will be on protecting the reputation of the current managers of all levels of the Government. From Obama down to the local precinct.
As you also indicated, that is probably not going to happen; because, instead of "reporters" (much less "good reporters") we have fifth-column propagandists squatting on newspapers, radio, and television.
Even on local TV news stations, even when reporting on non-political events, major parts of the who/what/when/where/why are often missing or replaced with "how do people feel about it" verbage. And when "reporters" attempt to cover some particular technical topic, about which I happen to know quite a bit, they usually royally screw it up. That leaves me dubious about anything the fifth-columnists claim on subjects I don't know much about.