Well, the main point of my post, which I omitted...
Is that news reporting is not nearly as effective propaganda as dramatic (fictional or semi-fictional) presentation.
As long as there are multiple sources of news, lies tend to become obvious to the unindoctrinated. Drama plays on our emotions and can leave us affected regardless of truth.
It would be stupid for AJ to color the news. They need to be as even handed as possible if they want to have a shot at subtlely affecting our opinion over the long term.
With dramatic presentation, a la, little Juan wants to know will you be his sponsor, or the SPCA starving puppies, they can appeal to us emotionally. As far as I know there is none of that on AJ at present.