I'm sure the effect is exaggerated because it gives people the warm fuzzies to know they're smarter than those newspaper dolts, but demonstrating a few news art

I'm sure the effect is exaggerated because it gives people the warm fuzzies to know they're smarter than those newspaper dolts, but demonstrating a few news articles were correct doesn't seem like it proves all reporting is correct. Although perhaps there is actually the opposite effect. Now people read an article in their field, notice some flaws, and conclude all reporting is terribly flawed? But really, one month you read a wired article about kaminsky and the keys to the internet, and then you read an article about hacking slot machines, and you think, oh yeah, I'm sure this accurate?