You don’t need facts when you see something with your own eyes. And if you don’t like to exaggerate then it is just perfect.
If you want to write or become a reporter, you need to investigate a bit. You have to collect data and information about your subject. You can’t make up because that is something else, something we call novelist or author.
So, it is just the thing for someone who is lazy enough to wish to be reporter and dislike research for facts.
Being yourself is needed, but if you are some confused or unfocused type, then think twice before you write anything. Because no one likes to read your fake stories. Truth comes out so fast and after that you’ll be erased and deleted from every site you ever visited and your word will have no value, except value of something bad and malicious.
Point is, don’t just do something no matter what. It might work out at first, but if it is something unworthy , soon enough everyone will see it and you are finished for good.
Take it slowly but right. Then, there is no mistake.