Journalists need to make a living. Outrageous opinions, hype, exaggeration, butt-kissing, sycophant praise, bile-filled denounciations, all all clickbait designed to get readers and generate revenue. Plus, they want to appear to be ahead of the curve. How many times have your heard, "last year I was saying he was declining," or "I predicted this kid would be great."
I've had close relative working as a professional journalist for some 30 years, and I was fortunate enough to hear about the inner workings of the "newsroom." It's worse now than what it was back then. Like me and you, they want to make money, make a name for themselves, get status, etc.
We expect truth and integrity from journalists! LOL. You might as well expect a skunk not to stink.
It's mostly all about book sales, readership, clicks, downloads, i.e. money.
I'm painting with a broad brush, and there are some good journalists out there. But by and large they all are just glorified teen magazine writers.
Question: "How can you tell when a journalist is lying?"
Answer: "When his lips are moving."
