Between a journalist and a propaganda propagator
The media is flooded with propaganda agents, who are in fact spokespeople under the guise of journalists. They work in established news networks and get their paychecks as such, but in fact they serve only one party and sometimes even just one person. Not only individuals, but entire networks and news agencies are sometimes the mouthpiece of a given politician or political agenda. But while a network doing so is usually easier to spot (across-the-board unanimous coverage of a subject of adulation is really going to scream bias), these mouthpiece-journalists however, tend to be more savvy.
Some actually have a background in journalism; most of them are highly skilled rhetoricians, that serve as a nice touch for this or that panel discussion; they all have very well-managed social media profiles on Facebook, Twitter and even Tik-Tok; Nevertheless, they are still spurring propaganda and promoting political agendas, consequently causing serious damage to their respective networks as well as to the integrity of the profession altogether. They’re hired by the networks lest they retaliate against them, or for the sake of ‘diversity of opinion’, i.e. more rating.
So, here’s how to spot the propaganda propagators disguised as journalists, it’s pretty basic: A mouthpiece will never critique or even publish a critical reportage of his subject of veneration. It’s a one trick pony: they’re always favorable to the person they’re in favor of, but mostly they’re always vehemently opposed to those whom they are against.
BTW, that doesn’t mean propaganda propagators are always wrong. Sometimes they will publish a well-founded report (always bashing the political rival of the politician they back), sometimes their criticism will be on-point and will provide food for thought (and will always bash the political rival of the politician they back). But unlike a real journalist that is after the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth — a mouthpiece always has other loyalties to serve first.