People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices. - Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations (1776)Considering that the wire services and their memberships are in continual virtual meetings, you have to be naive indeed to assume anything other than that they conspire against the public.Hint: “journalists are objective” is a logical fallacy, sheer propaganda, and motivation for all jouralists to go along and get along with each other.
Agreed