It's not that different how the media in my home country (The Netherlands, e.g. 'Nieuwsuur') have been reporting in Syria and are starting to report Ukraine - in the trenches, literally on the fronts, following and interviewing people on both sides.

Of course, everyone already knew that CNN and others are garbage. If the reality doesn't align with their great capitalism fairytale where Bono is the pinnacle of humanism, they will make it fit ;).