Irresponsible and Inexcusable Journalism

The Los Angeles Times has committed a journalistic faux pas. An April Fool's joke ended up on their front page! The reporter who wrote the article admitted that they found their information on the internet and did not even check the source or seek further confirmation of the validity or invalidity of the piece. If they cannot be trusted with so little a story should we venture to trust them on matters far more important? HT: Between Two Worlds