My humble request to journalists - It only takes one phone call or an email to check facts.
If I see something dubious, say on a blog or a Web site, and I don't see it anywhere else, I'll just go right to the source and check it out.
In most daily journalism, you only fact-check something if it seems a little fishy.
As an old reporter, we have a few secrets, and the first thing is we try the phone book.
Famous quotes are seldom quoted correctly.
We do an epically bad job of acknowledging one another's work and checking our sources.
If you are a journalist, check and double-check your sources. Don't just swallow what politicians tell you.
The more material there is, the more need there is for filters. You don't need a printing press anymore, but you do need people who know how to cultivate sources, double-check information and put the brand of legitimacy on it.
