They are not interested in reporting, they are interested in changing people’s minds. For years, the establishment media blithely assumed they could steer consensus to their way of thinking simply by stating their version of the facts. But the tides have turned and today the consensus is that any news source close to centers of power cannot be believed.
This is an excellent description of the MSM.
Beyond that, however, I have noticed a general social trend that many people cannot really discuss any issue -- movies you like, shortest route to a restaurant, technical solutions to business problems, etc. Very few people are willing to engage in dispassionate discussions of facts.
Everything is about persuasion, manipulation, and forcing the other person to agree that they are 100% wrong and that you are 100% right.
Such "conversations" seem to be everywhere these days and I find them very tiresome. The idea that people may have legitimate disagreements is out the window -- now we have to change their mind because, well, they are just wrong.