Jacko,
Try to justify if you wish, but that is the typical journalist response. In my experience, articles are written to sell the paper/magazine, not to tell the facts. I speak from my own experience of stories in the media - the articles rarely mirror my knowledge of the subject, and I have been there!! The result is that although there may be some good facts out there, unless you are in the know then they are difficult to separate from the make-believe and speculation that is added to make the story exciting/sensational/follow the political leanings of the readership.