I had experience with journalist and they don't so much as lie as much as they "enhance the truth". Like your battery was lowish on cold weather but you still got there, but in your journal you write "Battery took cold badly and I was unsure if it would get there with the charge I had. By grace of gods and not Tesla I managed to get there". Compare that sentence to this "Battery worked below optimal when weather was below freezing, but I still got where I wanted." Which one sounds more appealing to general public? Which one is more sensational.