France's AMF watchdog fines Bloomberg €5M over Vinci hoax
In today&#x27;s world of race to the finish (&#x2F; bottom) journalism, I think it should be mandatory for all publications to have an addendum to each article, which contains:<p>* list of sources of information and original research conducted ( including names of interviewees, only anonymized with a justification, links, etc )<p>* a sign-off by a journalist (note: not supposed to imply responsibility or liability for accuracy of information, only that the addendum is representative of the research done)<p>* A hash of a archive file containing all collected information (including interview transcripts&#x2F;notes, etc) with a responsibility to keep this archive for X years and to provide it to regulators on request; info can be anonymized&#x2F;redacted as deemed necessary<p>Combine this with a fine for the publication if they failed to verify information with a reasonable effort, and it could do a lot of good for the world of news.<p>Of course all regulation comes with pitfalls, and there are many with this idea, especially with the fine aspect. Probably enough to make it undesirable.<p>But it is the only one I have to improve things.<p>Edit:<p>Since this has been mentioned: it&#x27;s  possible to allow anonymous sources, but eg with the rule that anonymization has to be justified and may not be abused.<p>But this feeds into the biggest problem with the whole idea: a fine can give regulators too much power to punish publications arbitrarily.