Alceste, I know you have a tendency to continue to defend at all costs, but you need to know when to just move on.
"Your comment misses the author's point - the possibility that Trump might start a war in order to divert attention from investigations"
I replied
"Yeah, the investigations will just miraculously go away, everyone will forget about them" 
The intention of my post really couldn't be much clearer in my response. The author opinion is based on speculation and bias, nothing more can be read into it.
As far as "News agencies are best served by continuing to publish both news and opinion - as they have done for centuries"-
It seems you favor the news agencies act in self-serving, bias fashion and don't believe their obligation is to disseminate accurate information. I think differently.