That way I know to be real cautious about reading any of their stuff. This is not the first time The Dallas Morning News has reported unsubstantiated news. Shortly after the Oklahoma City bombing, the organization reported that it had information that Timothy McVeigh had not acted alone. The as-yet unverified story only appeared on The Dallas Morning News Web edition. Journalists seem to be taking bigger risks with the new medium, perhaps because of a sense of diminished accountability in cyberspace.
Internet journalism is significantly less tangible.
When the file is deleted, few copies remain in circulation. Drudge appeared Thursday on CNN 's Talk Back Live program and defended his method of journalism. Drudge believes Newsweek was sitting on the story, implying that the magazine may never have printed it. Drudge further envisioned a day when millions of Americans will be news publishers on the Web. Millions of self-publishing journalists is an ambitious estimate, but Drudge will certainly not remain an anomaly.