"The President again made unfounded statements about...."

(I want to read that as the first sentence of a news article)

I live in California , and get my news from foreign news sources. The best domestic journalism is being done by comedians, such as Samantha Bee.

Journalists do not have to defer to politicians. And they must stop struggling to find the sense and reason in statements made by politicians who are not concerned with the truth of what they are saying.