Kind of a media criticism 101 point here but even in the 20th Century highpoint of mostly neutral journalism (the stuff people read in the 18th and 19th Centuri

Kind of a media criticism 101 point here but even in the 20th Century highpoint of mostly neutral journalism (the stuff people read in the 18th and 19th Centuries was generally tabloid or highly partisan), there's plenty of opinion and guiding of the audience simply by the selection of stories and facts to emphasize and which to bury.