Unfortunately, too make some people responsible, you have to sue them senseless!!!
It is a matter of agenda and who has a dog in the fight. These are two different matters and should be treated as such.
A major problem is the responsibility of the media who are now major corporations. They have gone to a, 'he said, she said format' or a, 'left verses right' that is nothing more than empty entertainment. Not to mention, very cheap reality programming complete with snazzy slogans like, 'who will get kicked off of the island!'
To add, I think another problem developed when people started rating success with, 'who dies with the most toys, wins!' Another words, monetary success is the only important measure in life...
About the AP thing, there is a enough information now to do a college paper on this one event. Will our current media put forth a report that is worthy of a college paper on the subject. Well certainly not the evening news. Maybe PBS will do a story in a year on a shoe-string budget. Hey, in three months 60 minutes will a fifteen minute segment on the subject minus six minutes of commercials. Then there is the pervertible agenda thing.
Unfortunately, since the media has taken a stance that everything here is to make money, we are not here to educate the public, and our boss says so, they will be no quick fixes to this mess. AP will sue the government, and records will be sealed. So much for public information.
Of coursed, pumping out misinformation is a other issue, hope you have a good lawyer...