As for being. a "so called" journalist; that might be similar to being a 'so-called' pilot
Generalising about journalists is no more helpful than generalising about pilots. Consider that journalists uncovered the following :-
- the My Lai massacre (young úns might have to Google that)
- Watergate
- Abu Ghraib
- various dodgy events in Queensland that led to the Fitzgerald commission
- News of the World (managers not journalists) instigation of phone-tapping in the UK
We know there are good and bad eggs in every profession, but fortunately the bad eggs are few in number.