The fundamental problem with news reporting is that so much of it has political implications, and political opinion among the public is bimodal. You can look at

The fundamental problem with news reporting is that so much of it has political implications, and political opinion among the public is bimodal. You can look at the two left-right humps on a spectrum of political beliefs and see two different worldviews. If you try to report the facts on any story that has a political angle, you're probably going to alienate one of those worldview modes. And god forbid the facts fall right in the middle and you alienate both.