There's no debate about the sun rising in the east no matter what republicans say, so the media shouldn't pretend that there's any doubt about that fact.
If republicans deny it, then the media should either ignore it or cover it as "republicans lie" or at least "republicans get basic facts wrong".
Sadly, the only facts the media seems interested in reporting are things like "prominent Republican *said* (insert blatant lie)". Well gee, it's a fact that the Republican said that, so let's run that story.
