Is News Reporting Reflective?

It is gratifying to read that prices are not going up for this Chinese New Year. Be it barbershop or market produce, prices are supposed to be the same. I am not sure if this is accurate as I found prices for fish is higher today in NTUC. There is a long queue at Bee Kim Hiang, so I was curious to see if the price was same as before and I am very disappointed that prices has gone up. Maybe price stability does not includes the compulsory treat of sweetmeat. Now I wonder if I am forming opinion that may not be accurate when I read the papers.