Ill-Intentioned

The journalist with spurious motives will set traps for his prey, distort what they say, and take quotes out of context. His agenda is not to report what occurred or what is said fairly and accurately. His goal to to advance the cause of his friends and cast them in a positive light. If he can smear his enemies or torpedo their hostile cause, so much the better. One cannot allow being a yellow journalist to stand in the way of winning at all costs, by any means necessary.