The article is not claiming that the media correctly informs people. Just that most articles contains mostly factually correct data. Almost always it is an hig

The article is not claiming that the media correctly informs people. Just that most articles contains mostly factually correct data. Almost always it is an highly curated set of facts; often intentionally designed to mislead people. The author is not pushing the idea that the media is honest, rather that the way we describe their dishonesty is inaccurate. My personal interpretation is that as long as you say factually true things you are sort of protected both on defamation and ethics claims.