> The New Yorker has what's likely the most venerable fact-checking process in the magazine business. Note that "fact-checking" is actually quote verification

> The New Yorker has what's likely the most venerable fact-checking process in the magazine business. Note that "fact-checking" is actually quote verification and/or finding someone else who says that she believes the same thing. For example, the "rockets can't work in space because there's nothing to push against" bit in the 13 January 1920 NYT editorial trashing Goddard (mentioned in http://astronauticsnow.com/history/goddard/index.html http://astronauticsnow.com/history/goddard/index.html) could easily have survived "fact checking". The society and sports pages are the only places where you can rely on journalists wrt facts.