[Goronmon]

I see this all the time and wonder to what extent it has contributed to mistrust of the traditional media.

I'd say it's more likely that people are mistrustful of the media because the media will say things they either don't like or don't agree with personally, rather than a specific concern about articles lacking certain context on complicated topics.

[TomMckenny]

Exactly so. That and continuous denunciation of the free press by a certain category of new politicians.

Actually, this article differs in no way from similar articles written since printed news was invented. Which of course means that all the other criticisms, including imprecision, are still valid. It just means that it is not the source of the recent spike in media dislike.