EasyMac
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Re: Don Banks is an Idiot
I have to agree, the expense of keeping "fact checkers" on staff is not something most media is willing to budget for. Certainly fact checking is absolutely necessary and should be done as carefully as possible .... but I have a friend who is the Editor in Chief of a small newspaper and I know for a fact that there is NO extra salary/budget for "fact checkers" so the reporters/writers are expected to do that work themselves.
Not sure if the same budget issues apply to this circumstance/story but I'd wager they do, as budget issues apply to just everyone.
Wow, do you really think they have fact-checkers re-run every football, baseball and basketball statistic for every column? That would absolutely shock me -- it would be a huge expense against precious little risk of a lawsuit. (What's the potential litigation in, say, miscalculating the Celtics' free-throw percentage during a road trip? What damages and defamation?)
I have to agree, the expense of keeping "fact checkers" on staff is not something most media is willing to budget for. Certainly fact checking is absolutely necessary and should be done as carefully as possible .... but I have a friend who is the Editor in Chief of a small newspaper and I know for a fact that there is NO extra salary/budget for "fact checkers" so the reporters/writers are expected to do that work themselves.
Not sure if the same budget issues apply to this circumstance/story but I'd wager they do, as budget issues apply to just everyone.