Should the Media Be a Merciless Reporting Machine?

State level actors can also prevent media outlets from publishing information that they think would be damaging. So this is something we see, like the new york times has been accused of, withholding information. But i think there's a big gray area here too. Because if publishing some sort of information harms people when you publish it, then ethically, should you sit on it? I don't know. And maybe it goes case by case. It depends on how you view what the media is a its function in a democracy.should it exist not to help, not to hinder, but only to propagate facts? Should it?