> Reputation can be gamed and manipulated in much the same way that any other information can be. Yes, it's not foolproof, but it's still a vital piece of the

> Reputation can be gamed and manipulated in much the same way that any other information can be. Yes, it's not foolproof, but it's still a vital piece of the puzzle. With a good reputation system (and I'm not saying such a thing is easy, or perhaps even doable) "reputable" journalists won't stay reputable for long if they behave as you mention. For example, here's a very crude reputation system: politifact (to pick an example). Imagine if Google just cut from "News" results any site with a certain number of bad ratings from politifact in the past year. This is is gameable and not sustainable, but it would be a decent start.