Politicians using the media to establish a narrative of their liking is hardly new. It goes like this:The media should report what the intelligence agencies and members of the investigation entities such as Congressional Committees are saying. What is flawed is the false narrative that this whole situation is somehow the fault of the "media". The media is not reporting fake news when it reports on what elected US Representatives and Senators are saying about the issue or what members of the intelligence and law enforcement agencies are saying.The Russian's have been accused of meddling in the election, not necessarily rigging it. The extent of the meddling and it's outcome is unknown and awaiting investigation. That is what the media has been reporting. The OP gives a misinterpretation of the way the media has covered the story, a false narrative. In any case, it was the US intelligence community, 17 independent agencies who made the claim. It would be highly irresponsible for the media not to report and cover what those agencies said.
yes, the media should accurately report what, if anything, the Russians had to do with our election. But the entire premise of this exercise is flawed. Everyone knows that the only possible election impact resulted from the disclosure of corruption and fraud within the DNC, the Clinton campaign and the media.
There is absolutely no proof that WL got that info from the Russians. NONE, ZERO, ZILCH.
So what this is really about is trying desperately to find a reason for Hillary's loss other than her own lying, cheating, and corruption.
NO, they should not report what people are "saying". That is exactly the problem. People "say" what suits their political agenda. An honest media (which we do not have) would report only what they can substantiate as fact.
1. Politician A wants to bring down or prevent politician B from accomplishing something.
2. Politician A calls sympathetic media figure C and promises him a scoop.
3. During their meeting, politician A says something along the lines of, "Off the record, did you know that politician B is really a shape shifting xenomorph"?
4. Sympathetic media figure C writes a breathless story about how "sources say" that politician B is really a shape shifting xenomorph.
5. Politician A's idiotic sycophants, and sympathetic media figures, all start chanting in unison about how politician B is really a shape shifting xenomorph and thus needs to resign immediately and face charges.
None of it is true, naturally, but that never stops anything.