Any newspiece that can have a political angle, regardless of the textual content and the author's intentions, will have its potential political angle explored by other agents. Case in point: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20789081
So it must be read between the lines, even though that can muddy the technical/factual debate.
A more sophisticated reading of such a piece must take into account how people will perceive it, and what actions may come from it.
Especially in the US (which may not be an exception — I just follow it more closely) a lot of news organizations seem to operate with a "news you can use" viewpoint: these are the facts, here's how to act in face of these facts.
Readers are primed to change their minds after being presented with a set of facts. It's akin to overwriting data that should have been appended to existing data[0].
[0]: I'm dealing with data recovery, so this metaphor may be topical to me, but not entirely useful.