Not some time but it is very common now. Especially after the expansion of social media a big source of fake news dissemination. Media of developing countries always feul the issues and in the race of rating violate all ethics and laws. Infact media is nothing itself but the user make it destructive tool.
There is no such thing as "the media." There is no giant monolithic media block that has a single purpose and identity.
There are many, many individual mediums, or what I would call "media outlets." Some are responsible and professional. Some are not responsible and exist for partisan advocacy.
The consumer must beware and analyze the source of all information in the media. Determine whether it is factual, or advocacy.
A good way to tell is if there are opinins stated as fact, i.e. not attributed to anyone.
Media plays a very important negative role in initiating wars.. Source of worst human disasters. The sustainability of aggressions,dictatorships, exploitation etc, is very often obtained through media manipulations.
The Pontifical Council for Social Communications and its predecessor bodies published several statements on topics connected with social communications. Especially in the context of "fake news" (but for general purposes of illumination too), it is surely relevant and informative to read Ethics in Communication, dated June 2, 2000. (See http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_councils/pccs/documents/rc_pc_pccs_doc_20000530_ethics-communications_en.html.) Citing, "28. But despite their immense power, the means of communication are, and will remain, only media—that is to say: instruments, tools, available for both good and evil uses. The choice is ours. The media do not call for a new ethic; they call for the application of established principles to new circumstances."
It depends big time; as the cliché goes, the media are a type of technology, which can potentially be used for either good or bad, right or wrong, depending on what those mean for both sender and recipient.
http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/Media-and-issues-of-responsibility/article13059658.ece
http://www.onlinecollegecourses.com/2013/05/22/how-social-media-is-killing-student-success-2/
Not all fingers are same. It depends on the media itself and who is funded them.
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