I feel like others articulated valid counter arguments, but if I were to reframe and reduce the problem to an unnecessary logical extreme, would it be an excusa

I feel like others articulated valid counter arguments, but if I were to reframe and reduce the problem to an unnecessary logical extreme, would it be an excusable mistake to distribute a free newspaper related to local businesses that often reports on closures, but without even a cursory fact-checking step in the publication process? If you've tried to verify and seemingly got an accurate answer from the relevant authority, you get a pass for printing a mistake, but not if you're just printing heresay.