> If you fact check and you're right, you've wasted your time. That is not how it works. First of all there is no “you’re right”. The journalist doesn’t have f

> If you fact check and you're right, you've wasted your time. That is not how it works. First of all there is no “you’re right”. The journalist doesn’t have first hand observations. They cannot be “right” or “wrong” only their source can be. The journalist goes and checks what can be verified independently. No matter what the outcome of these checks nobody wasted their time. The result is a stronger article, and continued respect for the journalist in his profession.