At some point most media outlets have become more of an entertainment source to compete for eyeballs, clicks and ratings points, quite often at the expense of accuracy and balance.  With today's ever decreasing attention spans, 10-15 second sound bites are now considered news and newsworthy, on both sides of the story.

When the author or reporters have their own flags to fly, I'm not sure if the story is the main thing or is it becoming more about the story teller?