> Also, real journalists have fact checking departments that are supposed to verify those facts. However, "fact checking departments" consist of a bunch of fol

> Also, real journalists have fact checking departments that are supposed to verify those facts. However, "fact checking departments" consist of a bunch of folks with no domain expertise, often interns, who do little more than try to find someone who can "verify" what they want to verify. In other words, they're little more than under-paid quote-checkers.