All models are wrong, but some are completely wrong
&gt; <i>Journalists must get quotes from other experts before publishing</i><p>No, this isn&#x27;t enough. This whole way of thinking isn&#x27;t enough. It&#x27;s a big part of the reason for the current situation.<p>Journalists should report what&#x27;s true, not what Tom, Dick or Harry said. If a journalist isn&#x27;t qualified to make object-level claims on a given topic, don&#x27;t write on that topic. For example, if Bob says there&#x27;s a forest fire, then instead of publishing &quot;Bob says there&#x27;s a forest fire&quot;, you must do enough legwork to tell your readers &quot;There&#x27;s a forest fire&quot; or &quot;There isn&#x27;t&quot;.<p>I allow myself to ignore all journalism that don&#x27;t follow that guideline, and it makes me happier.