That said, Reuters does do solid investigative journalism work. One example is the Taser scandal recently: https://gijn.org/2017/10/02/how-they-did-it-reuters-massive-... They also have opinion pieces, and long form pieces, although these aren't seen as much as their standard articles.
That's quite impressive wild conjecture.
The real news has already been broken by WikiLeaks (they are all spying on us) and TheIntercept.
That last site, produces more in-depth investigative reporting than any of the government mouthpieces you have cited.
The only news that is important is news that is hostile to the government on which it is reporting.
The rest is just propaganda.
Literally anyone who cares more about the US, or their own country, more than they do about pushing an ultraconservative agenda. I get not believing the story, or believing it wasn't really that severe. But to just not care?
> The real news has already been broken by WikiLeaks (they are all spying on us) and TheIntercept.
Wikileaks has been exposed as partisan hacks at this point.
how can WaPo and NYT be government mouth pieces when the government is controlled by republicans.
The NYT has had dozens of investigative reports in the last year. They were, for example, the first to reveal the meeting of the President's son and advisors with the underbelly of Russian politics. I think they also broke the allegations against Al Franken.
The wire services do valuable work, but they don't investigate. They are a mechanism to lower the costs of journalism by de-duplicating the manpower needed to, for example, attend press conferences. That approach is important, especially in times of financial pressures on journalism. But it doesn't suffice for the fourth estate to fulfil its duty to inform the public.