Journalism is like Banking
With the pressure to break the news round the clock, the information published is not always verified or is completely made up. Still, fraud in journalism is nothing new, it is an old tradition. This article covers nicely the topic and there is a nice analogy:
"If I'm (operating) a bank, I don't think I'm going to send my tellers to seminars in order that they should learn not to steal from the till," Clark said. "That's kindergarten knowledge, basic morality stuff. What I'm going to say to Tom or Janice is, 'Look at that camera over there. It follows every transaction that you have. Remember Morris, the guy who worked here five years ago, the guy now in federal prison? He didn't follow the rules."
