Jackonicko,
Having worked with the written and TV media on a regular basis for a number of years I can see truth in most of the previous comments. There are many press journalists who are extremely accurate in their reporting and take pride in researching the facts and listening to the interviewee.
On the other hand there are also a fair number who completely ignore detailed description of a particular situation and, apparently, change the story to suit.
I can understand the first few hours of a breaking story leading to reporting errors in TV news coverage, but there is little excuse for the press to cock things up as dramatically as I have seen in the past, hours before the evening deadline.
Like all walks of life, including the military, some people are more professional than others. I understand, and agree with, your defensive posture as a journalist to some of the earlier barbed comments, but you must agree that some of the reporting we see in the newspapers is very poor.