Steve Outing schreibt in seiner Kolumne Stop the Presses bei Editor&Publisher über die verlorengegangene Kredibilität im Journalismus (Blair Skandal der N.Y.-Times). Gleichzeitig sieht er aber auch Möglichkeiten, diese Glaubwürdigkeit durch das Internet wieder hezustellen. Einer seiner Vorschläge lautet:

Using in-print and online techniques, newspaper leaders can: document their journalists' work for all to see; open up to a greater degree the lines of two-way communication between journalists and readers, and editors and readers; and utilize the public's knowledge to better identify and correct reporting and editing errors.
Feedback gefragt:

Moving online, one technique for keeping reporters accountable is to require that each one have a feedback area or public discussion board. Instead of relying solely on private e-mail to reporters and their editors, you can encourage readers to post comments about a reporter's work on a Web discussion area. By using a database approach, a Web page can be created for each staff reporter that contains a list of all his or her published stories, plus reader feedback for each. At least then, editors can keep tabs on reader complaints about inaccuracies in reporting. Surely this approach would have tripped up Jayson Blair before he became a national headline instead of just writing them.

Intereessante Ansätze. Die vollständige Kolumne von Steve Outing: How the Web Can Restore Journalism's Credibility .