I think you're confusing a news source with city council minutes or a police blotter. Journalists are trade professionals whose job is connect dots and follow

I think you're confusing a news source with city council minutes or a police blotter. Journalists are trade professionals whose job is connect dots and follow leads to try to surface deeper issues and ideas in their reporting. They should adhere to facts, but they should also be using their immersion and expertise to contextualizing those facts and make them understood to an audience who isn't so immersed or expert. If they can do that earnestly and with the transparency that lets you see where they're working from, and with a style that helps you read/engage, they're doing good work.