Not to return to the focus of the OP or anything . . . .
There is no hope for the media as it exists today. Everyone of the MSM workers THINK they're Edward R, Morrow, but what the are is money-grubbing, idealism-driven liars and pervayers of half-truths, conjecture, mis-truths, spin and intentional deception. I can't tell you the numbers of times I have heard breathless reporters state words like "could be", "might be", possibly, "experts (unamed of course) project that...", etc etc. ad nauseum.
I am seriously convinced that a reckoning for the top members of the media needs to be had. Use them as examples of what WILL happen if future media wonks go down this same path.
Remember, something like 96% of all media outlets (print, radio and TV, plus HBO, Netflix, Amazon, etc.) in the US are owned by just 6 companies, everyone of them owned (think WahPo owned by Bezos) or operated by progs.
Rant over, please feel free to return to your car talk. Thank you.