Do you ever notice how the news media will pick someone totally at random to represent how a whole nation feels about a problem? For example: "One <Inhabitant

Do you ever notice how the news media will pick someone totally at random to represent how a whole nation feels about a problem? For example: "One <Inhabitant of Area Experiencing Controversial Situation> said....". Except, it's not totally at random, it's whatever interpretation of events that they want to push. Do you think they just print whatever the first person they talked to said? Same goes for what news stories they cover. It has to align with the narrative that the editors are trying to push. It's arguably a necessary part of the news media because they have to choose which stories to put in front of you and which people to quote given limited space. Pretending that we can experience everything that goes on in the world from reading a paragraph or two on a situation involving hundreds if not more is not entirely realistic.