All of this claptrap demonstrates the adage that the sky is blue because I say it is blue. It all depends upon whose ox is being gored.
There is no one righteous enough to determine the objective truth in any much less every incident of truth telling. It is what it is.
Professional news hounds lie and distort. That is their privilege. Our, their readers, role is to take up their sword as brave truth tellers or slap them down as yellow publicists. That is our role.
It is all fake. Scrape out what truth you are able. So it is. Get on with it.
By politicizing the news, the media has forfeited its credibility. Bloggers figure that if the mainstream media lies, why not balance it with our own lies? If I have to listen to biased reporting, I’d see the bias toward what I believe rather than be constantly berated as an inbred moron.