I think you're half right. I think it's less meaningful than it should be but still better than the alternative. Remeber, this "better journalism" of a state propaganda machine is part of a continuous front to sow discord in the target nation. It leverages weakness that you rightly point out to do this.

Isn't it enough that the weaknesses of our own media needs work that we don't help to undermine with those who actively chip away at the basic tenets of an open society?