I agree that journalists _should_ do due diligence. But society is full of lazy and evil people, who will not do it, or worse, manufacture a false trail of thou

I agree that journalists _should_ do due diligence. But society is full of lazy and evil people, who will not do it, or worse, manufacture a false trail of though unsupported by evidence. But "scientists" like this who think of themselves as doing the public a service shouldn't have to pile on more shit on the world. If they want to do good, they should do exposés on lazy journalism. In both cases they should pay for their misdeeds, at the very least by being shamed in public, or losing govt funding for some time, etc depending on the scale.