VRB, I’ve seen plenty of bloggers admit mistakes, make corrections, etc. More importantly, if we look at some significant events, like Kerry’s claim to have been in Cambodia at Christmas and Rathergate, the blogger media was able to rapidly fact check the media and each other. Something the traditional media was either unwilling, or unable, to do.

Kevin admitted an error 12 days ago right here on this blog. He used an unreliable source (actually, which was a newspaper) without checking the actual original material (the bill, which is searchable online).

But I guess that’s what we get for trusting newspaper sources.

This blog, which is more opinion than fact, has corrected itself many times when shown to be incorrect or shown that our opinions are based on incorrect assumptions and facts.

What you see with blogging is an ability to rapidly apply a massive amount of editorial and fact checking controls that a newspaper cannot hope to apply in the same time frame.

VRB,

You’re entirely correct. We bloggers don’t have the vaunted “three layers of fact checking” that MSM outlets claim. I never went to journalism school to do what I do. It’s quite obvious that we’ll be wrong, and sometimes be wrong pretty badly. But the point that Stephen made is that the MSM basically took the story and ran with it, and didn’t ask questions. It was only when the alternative media asked questions (to be fair, often with their own agenda) that the truth started to come out.