That is, the journalist's aim before the conflict may have been to present the truth as accurately as he could--whether additionally inserting his own opinion or not--without any hidden incentive or tendency to misstate the truth present.
The journalist's aim might have been to present the truth.
The journalist's aim might have been to present a lie.
A person wearing a kilt, dances at a wedding.
A child is staring at an airplane.
The man climbed a dangerous cliff.
Some people were reading and some were also talking.
We don't get anything given to us.
Two greyhounds are running on a track.