If you get to decide who is "the legitimate news" and what the definition of "inventing a story" is then sure, you are absolutely right there are very few examples. And, you can't claim we just report the news we don't create it. that's the...
That's a common perspective and it's strongly promoted by certain powerful individuals. I'm always curious about examples, but I seldom see actual examples of the media inventing a story that was false.
My favorite online lawyer has been covering this for years and it's so complicated that I can't even begin to understand the various twists and turns. Let's just hope if there is some sort of SCOTUS ruling, it is narrow enough that it does not...