What did the Hamburgler ever do to you? A response to "In favor of Newsprint"

"Just like drive-thru meals at McDonald's sacrifice taste, we are sacrificing accuracy via internet"

Come on now, what did he ever do to you...

You bring up a valid point about accuracy, however, I disagree with you on the sole principle that the internet allows you to correct errors faster with far less people knowing of the mistake. You are correct in your assumption about "How can the internet outlets get a story, gain facts, conduct interviews, check for accuracy, edit and post the article online within a short period?"

However, you may not know it but I spelled two words wrong in that paragraph when I published it at first. However, the Internet allows for anyone that wrote an article to go back and change errors. Which is good because when someone does make an error, they are usaully called out on it, and they correct it.

Hence the watchdog is still being watched.

Still the BBC brings up a valid point. In the United States they did a test to see if sites like Facebook and Myspace are creditable, if at all.

Even if you look back with the Katrina project that was done this year even articles in print can be wrong. Thevenot was in a rush but still went ahead and printed the story without checking facts.