Originally Posted by Austin
I became convinced that if they screw up reporting on a topic I know something about, then they must be lying to me about much of everything else.

FWIW, I don't believe I've ever seen reporting done on a topic of which I had personal knowledge, where I felt the reporting was accurate. So yeah, while I'm not sure I'd say that news reports are outright lies, I don't consider them to be a reliable source of information.