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Since the internet and professional newspapers are really just a means of people freely conversing with each other, where does the "monitoring and regulating" end? When our children are informing on us? The Left is the Left is the Left and though they deny it, their ideas always lead to Stalinist gulag states.

Why am I not surprised at some "Liberal" elitist's narcissism and megalomania?

Interesting that he speaks highly of snopes.com. I read one of their pieces debunking an anti-Communist publication, and their bibliography for this listed only "Liberal" sources.

As arrogant and condescending as his first few paragraphs are, his bullet-point suggestions are not bad at all. To paraphrase: the MSM should ensure the accuracy and authenticity of what they publish; the MSM should establish and enforce real standards for themselves; journalism schools should offer courses on ethics and procedures for "citizen journalists."

The only shock there is that the first two aren't already being done.

"There are literally hundreds of Internet hoaxes and false reports passed off as true stories, tracked by sites such as snopes.com."

Wow, what a wicked place that internet must be. My goodness one would never see such freelance bullcrap on TV. I know because I get my news from Jon Stewart. I can always count on getting the truth there.

Uh, David, you are feeling threatened, now calm down. Freedom to publish electronically is a bitch.

This guy is a douchebag. Guess the 1st Amendment isn't quite what we think, thanks to our oh so accurate Hazinski. F@ck him and the high horse he thought he rode in on.

Read the article, folks. ALL of it. Don't just start whining after the first few paragraphs and begin ranting without looking at the entirety of his statement. Hazinski is basically saying that it is easy for citizen journalists to get it wrong. Everybody complains about trained journalists messing up- and they have an unwritten rule of using two sources to confirm every story. So what do you think happens when Joe Blow off the street decides to publish information on the net?
He states that citizen journalism is a powerful tool that SHOULD be used, but said "journalists" should be armed with the tools to do it right. Nobody's freedom of speech should be taken away. In fact, his article is an exercise in that freedom. The fact that he can write this and everybody can get mad about it shows the power of that First Amendment freedom. And by the way, for those of you who didn't actually study the Constitution, not all speech is protected. So easy on those unprotected fighting words some of you guys are using.