The Cult of the Rebuttal

"When an article runs under the banner of a respected newspaper, we know that it has been weighed by a team of seasoned editors with years of training, assigned to a qualified reporter, researched, fact-checked, edited and proofread, and backed by a respected news organization vouching for its truth and accuracy." (p. 53) The newspapers have gotten stories wrong in the past. In the case of Stephen Glass at the New Republic, a well-established media outlet printed fiction as fact.

Use this section to provide more examples and critiques (but no rants, please). Feel free to comment on "truth" in the philosophical sense as well.