Having experienced at first hand "fair and responsible reporting" from a journo after an accident I was involved in I'm bloody careful about letting them anywhere near me.
An "aviation correspondent" gave such a ridiculous version of what happened the day after the event that my employers demanded an apology and retraction.The retraction was eventually to happen after the AAIB report was published. (He had not spoken to me, my employers or anyone connected with the accident)
Months later the AAIB reported and our esteemed aviation correspondent placed his own utterly ridiculous spin on it and ignored the AAIB praise for me and the retraction he had earlier promised.
He was known as a total t***er in the area and at a later date I did enjoy picking up his pint of ale in a pub frequented by pilots and spitting in it in front of him.
Childish response I know, but less likely to get legal bother than administering the beating I really wanted to give him.
VH