So what you tell them is what they know. Radio and TV reporters may cover up to 10 stories in a day. They literally are running from one story to the next, with no time for preparation. While most folks fear the people with the microphones and the cameras, you can always get in more trouble in an interview with a newspaper or magazine reporter. In journalism, objectivity is not truth, it is balance.
Reporters consider themselves mirrors of society.
They just reflect what is going on. Never argue with a reporter, you cannot win. Arguing with a reporter is like trying to sew buttons on a poached egg. Reporters like to personalize their stories. You are into technically correct information.