VodkaPundit points out another anomaly - the MSM claims to have it over bloggers because they have editors and fact checkers - while the pajama clad bloggers have neither of those things. Curious then that they still manage to get so many simple things wrong - like this story on a phantom seal hunt. So VodkaPundit asks:

But assuming that Reuters is accurate for a change, a question: what happened to the editors who approved it? Fact-checkers? You know, all those valuable tools (and I mean that in every sense of the word) who allegedly make Big Media "journalists" superior to us pajama types? Are they still on the payroll? And why weren't their names publicized along with that of the fired freelance reporter?

Those are good questions. The technology press (which I follow fairly closely) has the same set of issues, and don't even get me started on outfits like Gartner. There's a reason that trust in the media (pretty much all media) is so low - and it's not a matter of political bias (in either direction) - it's a basic matter of not making stuff up.