There's a two-pronged problem.

1. The event log -- in many places, this still doesn't exist in digital, structured, usable format. It's gotten better, but there's still a ways to go

2. Referencing the underlying event log -- there needs to be interpretation, summarization, and commentary, for the average viewer/reader. However, all of that should come with a reference to the underlying event log

We've gotten to the place we've gotten because (1) is impenetrable to the average person (or non-existent) and (2) doesn't happen.

Consequently, a bag of words has become more and more confused with facts.

We've had hyperlink technology for a while, journalism needs to fucking use it. :/