These "Journalists" are not testing democracy.
They are PAID by a COMMERCIAL broadcasting company to generate HEADLINES to attract CONSUMERS who will watch the show and be exposed to ADVERTISING that brings in the $$$$$ to keep them in BUSINESS!
This is not to say that there are not Journalists that perform a valuable contribution to society and do test the very basis of democracy in the dissemination of information and the exposure of truth. But this has to be balanced against the source and the motivation of the journalist.
But this is simply tabloid journalism at its most pathetic - simply out to make a buck.