It looks to me like journalists do provide context in some cases. Because the lack of context makes some people and policy look better than they would without c

It looks to me like journalists do provide context in some cases. Because the lack of context makes some people and policy look better than they would without context, it's worth trying to remember which people and policy don't get contextualized, and which do. For example, with some context, we can't tell that particular politicians floated policy proposals that were met with widespread pushback, then disavowed the policy. Later, when the uproar dies down, the politician quietly enacts the policy. Without the context, we don't see that politician as nearly always untruthful. By selective contextualization, particular politicians can be framed as fabulists, or framed as driven by circumstances, and therefore blameless.