But journalism is not only stating true facts, but choosing a limited set of facts to present. You can pretty well do fake news by stating a list of true facts

But journalism is not only stating true facts, but choosing a limited set of facts to present. You can pretty well do fake news by stating a list of true facts (and omitting a few other, fundamental, true facts). Example: Published news : person A killed person B by pushing a knife on his stomach, at a time when person B was unarmed. Non-published statements : just before being killed, person B and a group of three friends armed with knifes attacked person A, which was unarmed at the time, and started cutting him. During the struggle, person A managed to get hold of B's knife and fought back, harming B. The friends of B were scared and ran away. Person A finally survived his injuries, but person B didn't. I suppose everybody agrees that publishing the first statement alone is a clear example of fake news.