Too much shoddy reporting about the Trump Administration

Wherever you fall on the political spectrum, as skeptics we should be on the lookout for BS even when the BS seems to confirm what we want to believe.

This article struck me a spot-on about some of the shoddy reporting we've seen since Trump's inauguration. I believe it is a right-leaning publication, but I cannot find fault with this particular article about reporting standards (followed by plenty of actual examples):


Your guide to all the shoddy reporting on the Trump administration since his inauguration

Quote:

The press has a problem, and it seems to be getting worse. In light of President Trump's easy relationship with the truth and his tendency to abuse members of media, some reporters and their newsrooms have responded by seemingly lowering their editorial standards. Rather than adjusting to the unique challenges posed by this new, factually challenged administration, a significant number of journalists have tripped over themselves recently to repeat every bit of gossip and half-cocked rumor involving Trump and his team. The rush to get these supposed scoops out in the open, whether in print, on television or on social media, has, of course, produced a rash of shoddy reporting. Now this isn't to say that all coverage of the new president and his administration has been slipshod. Rather, it's to say that there has been a disturbing and unusually large number of stories that have turned out either to be overhyped, inconclusive, half-true or flat-out incorrect. There have also been a number of reports whose sourcing is so thin, that to believe them would be to take a major leap of faith. The one thing that these reports have in common is that they fail to provide readers with a clear and indisputably accurate picture of what is really going on at White House. The press's most important role is to shine a light on those in power. Bad reporting only muddies the waters, and it gives powerful people more room to do as they please.