We can only speak the truth about what we see, and what we see may differ. Truth comes through our perceptions of the world, and whatever we see is filtered by our perceptions, our preconceptions, our prejudices, and more.
What is reported as "news" is all too often anecdote, and our cultural has increasing taken anecdote for fact or news.
In an attempt to "personalize" the stories, reporters have lost sight of the stories. "Sergeant, how did you feel when you saw the car bomb wipe out your platoon?" "Mrs. Smith, your husband was killed on the construction sight today. Can you tell us about it?" Probably speaking, in both cases the reporter should be told to go piss up a rope and his/her microphone jammed where the sun don't shine. But we are too polite and, at times like these, too distracted to do what should be done.
The same has been applied to politics. "All politics is local," said Tip O'Neill, and he was dead right. "Keep the streets fixed" was King Richard Daley I's version. Now politicians tell us that what they are doing is good for us individually, EVEN THOUGH for the country as a whole it's terrible.
Neither the politicians nor the vast majority of the media can present a holistic, balanced view of events. My vote for a decent newsperson?