> show their lack of journalistic integrity. I mean, the only thing I could see them doing is asking the flight attendants or AA, but both of those are likely

> show their lack of journalistic integrity. I mean, the only thing I could see them doing is asking the flight attendants or AA, but both of those are likely hard to get an actual answers for (AA would most likely say 'we are investigating' and would never follow-up). If something is on social media and there are enough corroborating accounts, it's probably enough to write a news article about.