Their ONLY priorities are attracting eyes to their advertisers, and making $$$$ from ANYONE willing to pay for that ad time - "journalism" is their role-playing in pursuit of these objectives.
We are paying CNN and MS NOW to run ads for Donald Trump right before the midterms. You and I are paying for them. And CNN and MS NOW are taking the cash while their hosts and guests say the scheme is illegal. That is the current state of corporate media in America.