As the journalistic priesthood erodes and everyone can become a citizen reporter or commentator, regulating or training all would-be journalists is not the answer. In line with the bottom-up, do-it-yourself ethos of the Internet, where people book their own flights, publish their own photos, and sell their own second-hand goods, it should be the users’ responsibility to do their own fact-checking.
随着新闻神秘性的逐渐消褪，任何人都可以成为一位平民记者或评论家，管制或者培训所有“即将上岗”的记者绝不是解决办法。顺应互联网自下而上、亲力亲为的风潮，人们自己订机票、自己印照片、自己出售二手货，因此自己核查事实应当是网络用户的职责。