How do you know 'academics and reporters' are 'telling the truth? Academics tend to be driven to where the grant funding points them, while the line between pu

How do you know 'academics and reporters' are 'telling the truth? Academics tend to be driven to where the grant funding points them, while the line between public relations and journalism has never been more blurred. Some kind of real time AI analysis of all available data points would be really valuable for 'truth' were that ever possible...