I just thought of a great way to cut down and the amount of time and effort it takes for journalists to do their work: all they have to do is stop lying!
Just think of how much time it takes to dance around the topics or create a narrative to get people to think a certain way. You could be far more efficient by just cutting out the bullshit and just having the truth to begin with. All that crafting of half-truths and spinning takes much more work that being straightforward.