Yeah Suker, you'd think that but experience says otherwise.
I had to explain a couple of fairly simple things to a 'journo' from the Worst. It was very carefully explained and I made a specific point of making definite statements of fact when going through that process.
When the story appeared the next day, everything was completely backwards. The very definite statements that I made, while pointing out how important they were, had been described in an exciting fashion but were 100% opposite to what I said.
They may have been simple things but the 'journo' was even more simple. The exact same thing happened to my boss on another occasion.
Truth doesn't sell. Sex sells. Drama sells. Heck even conspiracy theories sell but not truth.