Being as my future field of work, Journalism, has to do with the news, I want to weigh in
Everyone is human and is bound to make a mistake here or there. I, however, enjoy the news being available and on the spot at all times. It keeps the world connected in a way that it only can. Sure, there are a few errors here and there, but they are always corrected. Not to mention the ones telling the news are demanded they check their facts first. No news group wants to be known as the gossip/unreliable source, especially these days with the news we have and the reliance we have on it.
Newscasters read from a teleprompter, so if they mess up, it's not so much their fault. But, the teleprompter is reviewed a couple times before being given to the caster, so mistakes are usually just flubs of the words. We all trip over our own tongue at times.
Papers and their articles are reviewed by the Senior Editors before being submitted as final copies. Sure, a spelling error might slip by, but the story as a whole is correct.
As for online articles, unless they are from a big name paper, like the Times, then I'd be wary. Anyone can post anything online and claim it's true.
That's how I take it, anyway.
