Would it not also be correct to say that the papers' sub-editors have a lot to say when it comes to what is printed? Hence even when a journo does do a relatively accurate piece, it may be embellished after its left his/her keyboard. Its therefore not just the writing journalist under fire here.
'If it bleeds, it leads' springs to mind. So if a journo can't put some angle, some point to the story they may end up as a journo who is factually very correct but never in print. (speaking more about the tabloids than respectable broadsheets!)