They stopped doing that years ago.
The propagandists are weeding out the last remaining journalists. Soon, if they don’t change their ways or leave, the activist corp will turn over the names and addresses of recalcitrant reporters to Antifa, BLM or other shock troops.
Decades ago.
I was involved on papers in high school and college. Worked up to various Editor spots.
Senior year I was News Page Editor. I learned what hard new was and how it differed from Features and Ediorial. Many times my advisor would correct me because opinion creeped in when straight news just needed to be cleanly reported. People reading the story can build their opinions off the facts. Further you could always quote a source for extra context or a viewpoint relevant to what was being discussed. Opinon was left on the Editorial page. Features were left on the Features pages.
I became quite good at seeing where opinion filtered into news, where it didn’t belong. In college you could see how the agendas of editors played into rewrites, and how agendas got pushed by what they decided to cover and what they decided not to cover.
But i was only the Graphics Editor a couple years in college, as i didnt have a lot of free time and it wasn’t my major. Still, saw a lot. I knew the future of journalism was in trouble. I thank God I had a great, truly objective Advisor who taught real journalism and reporting in high school. Kept everyone responsible and accountable for what they produced. Just a great great guy.
Walter Lipmann promulgated a myth. The emperor has clothes.