Do Journalists Report the Truth?

In today's time, it is hard to judge whether the information presented by the news is fact or fiction. As media has progressed, media has raised the stakes for a successful news story. We like to believe that everything we are reading is fact, but it all boils down to the journalist's integrity.  
Journalists have the opportunity to create a news story all on their own.  They can input any information they want as long, and the readers have no way of absolutely knowing if it is true or not. Maybe this is just my opinion, but I believe the truth will escape somehow.  
Every journalist wants to produce the most captivating story.  Most will do whatever it takes to get the audience interested, which means including anonymous quotes from people who probably don't exist or even just including false information.  Journalists report the truth when the truth is interesting enough to make it as a cover story.  In most circumstances, journalists will beef up their story in order to present a popular news article.  Whether they report the truth is all based on the journalists' integrity. For example, Fox News retracted a news story for the first time because of a false story reported on suicides related to Obama's speech.  In the media today, I feel the majority of journalists have stooped to a low integrity level, allowing them to not always report the truth.