I think the current administration has at least generally approached the issue with the proper attitude[/] (though implementation, as usual, I find lacking): they were never democratically chosen by the people to be representatives of the people, they appointed themselves representatives of the people, ergo they are not representatives of the people and should not be treated as such. (And furthermore...like most self-appointed "enlightened" representatives of the people and their interests, they only have their own interests in mind and could care less about those they supposedly represent.)
The root of the problem, I believe, goes back to Watergate and the media's discovery that they can exercise real power and push their own agendas (which I know is somewhat of an idealized interpretation on my part...Murrow never exercised saintly objectivity either. So !@#$ing sue me.) But the media, I think, no longer sees it as their responsibility to simply report the story. They see it as their responsibility to report the story in the "proper" context..."proper" being defined, of course, by them. "Here is the news...and here's how you're supposed to feel about it." Murrow may not have been saintly objective...but I never recall him elevating his opinions to the level of actual facts either.