The Five W's

I keep six honest serving-men:
(They taught me all I knew)
Their names are What and Where and When
And How and Why and Who.

Just So Stories,
THE ELEPHANT'S CHILD
by Rudyard Kipling

Television reports news 24/7, but do The Five W's still apply? It seems to me that the classic Who, What, When, Where, and Why has been transformed into speculation and biased reporting of events.

Reporting of news used to be factual, without a tone of disagreement or approval, but social media applications allow substantial and pervasive changes to communication. Consequently, biases and the over emphasizing of events has crept into news reportage.

Careers are created by those who are adept at daily harangues for or against something. Their style of announcing news and interviewing persons, either making news, or having knowledge of such, is often argumentative and repetitious if a point of view differs from the questioner.

Studies show that social media is a greater source of news than print. Maybe viewers don't know about the five W's.

And..... just possibly.... they might not care.

The Five W's

1. Who is it about?
2. What happened?
3. When did it take place?
4. Where did it take place?
5. Why did it happen?

Some authors add a sixth question, “how”, to the list, though "how" can also be covered by "what", "where", or "when".

6. How did it happen?

Each question should have a factual answer.