1) We can debate the frequency of this all we want (though I don't think it's useful). In my opinion the top (note this is an important qualifier) journalists a

1) We can debate the frequency of this all we want (though I don't think it's useful). In my opinion the top (note this is an important qualifier) journalists are not lazy on purpose and in general are trying to deliver accurate information. You may disagree and that's fine. Also technology reporting is particularly difficult when you yourself are not a technologist, but that's a separate issue. 2) I'm not sure what point you are trying to make here. I didn't say that news isn't about finding the truth. But when describing complex systems and situations there is always going to be judgement applied in the distillation process. So for instance, you could say "Facebook provided private message data to some application partners" or you could say "Facebook's users inadvertently agreed to share private message data with application partners." Both are true.