A single result does not prove a fact. For something to be a fact, it must be provable every time.
In today's journalism world, I fear that some blogger or counterculture ideologue using journalism as a political tool rather than as a mechanism for dispensing straight information, would make the wrong call. I hope I'm wrong about that.
You already reached the wrong conclusion upon which your entire article was based so there's no reason to think you're correct about this.
Journalists. Are they all stupid?
Most are. I remember when President Bush made his surprise visit to Baghdad some one posted alluding to it on FR.
It was yanked so fast there weren't even any skid mark. Not because they were threatened but because it was the right thing to do. The thread was restored later when it was safe.
As a scoop for FR it was beyond belief and clearly showed how a large group of amateurs can beat the professionals. But it was yanked. Because the management here at FR are Pro-USA and our people's safety trumps scooping the MSN by a mile.