> I guess that's the job of a journalist to ensure what you are publishing is true.

I remember having a stupid little blog about torrents and filesharing, it was basically a drama blog. People would go on and on about how I had to ensure things were correct and I wasn't a proper journalist because I didn't fact check and stuff. I kept replying, I wasn't a journalist, I was a dude with a blog who people kept telling stuff. So if I was getting that, I sure as hell expect a proper journalist to deal with the fall out if they got it wrong and it cost a company money. Like I would expect a newspaper or tv show to pay out if they cost me money and what not.