In the end, the discipline of verification is what separates journalism from entertainment, propaganda, fiction, or art.

The journalist's first allegiance is to those who receive the work. Although there is no doubt that many owners and business managers of news organizations also have a deep allegiance to the public, that allegiance is necessarily alloyed with their concern for their own point of view or for the bottom line.

If we're going to live as we are in a world of supply and demand, then journalists had better find a way to create a demand for good journalism.