>Early newspaper printers had more interest in opinion and polemic than objectivity. Has this really changed? Does (can?) there actually exist an organization

>Early newspaper printers had more interest in opinion and polemic than objectivity. Has this really changed? Does (can?) there actually exist an organization or person which can report just verified facts (if a "fact" is even possible at all)? Am I just getting old and cynical? I've been watching the White House's COVID briefs in their entirety since I'm just sitting around at home. It's nice background noise while I work. It has been a fun but horrifying experience, having seen the entire presser, to then see which pieces get clipped by which organizations and in which context. Each news org (pick your fav) is reporting the facts as they see them. They'll back up these facts with the little clips they pulled, or by referencing studies/papers (the "scientific literature" infallible after all as long as the conclusion matches what you need), if they're feeling really bold, they'll prove "facts" through a little in-article "math" which is, of course, based on the shoddiest of premises. Almost all of their work in justifying their position with "facts" is undone by the simple act of seeing the source material, at which point the illusion is shattered, and everyone is just toeing the line.