News is a joke nowadays, but still since its worldwide, things still need to be reported I guess, and people will inevitably comment on it. I don't think news has ever been about the truth - media takes great delight in telling a story, especially if it involves disaster (and triumph) and people can spin it any way they want.
Govts can control presses if they want to, so people can't speak freely, but then in other countries where everyone can speak on whatever they want or even show up the govt, it will depend on what kind of govt people want. We do have broadcasting standards in NZ and if you have a complaint about it you can go to them (and a press council) but I don't know how it works internationally.
My dad worked for the newspaper till he was made redundant and that newspaper is now a shell of its former self, but is still publishing daily. He did classifieds and layout, things that are now done by computer.
Now much of it is taken up with advertising, (although it always has been a vehicle for ads) but you can be guaranteed headlines will mostly be these things --
politics fighting
car accidents
property prices
horrible things that go wrong in our country
All Blacks
lol