Whoa!
Yet there are times when investigative journalism is to thank for exposing the lies and hypocrisy of government, the cover-ups and so forth a la Woodward and Berstein.
Then, the readership silently nods in agreement that someone is 'keeping the bastards honest'. Now I know that the thread theme is on incident/accident reporting and that my example doesn't bear scrutiny in that context, but I personally would like to balance the opinion of journalist scum with the broader view that art of journalism is stacked with pros and cons.
It is not yet time to burn them all at the stake.