News media reports events and never investigate facts.
War of the Worlds and the Man on the Moon showed what the public would consume and believe as truth. Let's put a stop to this before it even gets started. You're talking to someone who does not work primarily as a talking head in front of a TV camera, but rather someone who was trained as a journalist, got a Master's degree in journalism and has worked nearly 20 years in the newspaper business. On the contrary, we spend most of our time making phone calls, following leads, visiting sites, reporting interviews, doing research - all for the single purpose of making sure that what we report is the truth. The keyword there is report.