Thanks for the link.

When it comes to unverified stories, there's not much they can do aside from trying to investigate on their own. But even if they come up short, it's their duty to report it if they consider it significant. (Or profitable, sadly.) What they can do however is verify the identity of the anonymous source. If the source claims they have information from the White House, they verify that this is a person with access to this type of information in the White House before running the story. This is something people in general don't understand.
When Comey's memo's first leaked, several news outlets reported that they independently verified the existence of the memos, but that they had not read it themselves. In other words, they spoke to someone who proved themselves to be an associate of Comey who would have access to such information. In spite of that, and in spite of people like myself explaining this to people, they kept insisting that it was fake news. People's understanding of this processes has become more warped than ever with the President calling everything he doesn't like fake news. It's at the point where even those who do understand the process contribute to this problem, as more than half of people according to a study admit to lying about something being fake news, because it portrays their party in a negative light, even though they believe the story is accurate.
You don't combat misinformation with more misinformation, and the fake news hysteria has gotten far out of hand.

My initial comment was that journalists (at least the ones we're talking about for major stories) can't just print any story they want without verifying their credibility. That's where verifying the identity of the source comes in. Which is why the reports on the leaked Comey documents were credible even before Comey confirmed it himself, etc.

"Serious and credible journalism" in general is a much broader subject, and they've been untrustworthy in this regard for decades now as far as I'm concerned. A very important story can get interrupted by the 'breaking news' that a Kardashian is pregnant. (That actually happened.)

How they spin stories has never been surprising to me. That's why I always try to fact check with multiple sources, focus on the facts or direct quotes if they are present, and draw my own conclusions rather than listen to what they think I should be thinking, etc. And minor stories are more likely to slip through the cracks more easily than issues of national security, etc. And serious publications tend to redact stories with updated information if they're found to have inaccuracies, etc.

Just curious, but which major portals are you referring to in this case of the fish feeding?

You are completely unaware that Obama has put more Journalists in prison than any other President aren't you! Keep drinking that Liberal Kool-Aid though! And btw. Claiming Trump is anywhere near Hitler is disgusting! That just shows how brainwashed you are. What has he done that is equivalent to MILLIONS of Jews murdered! That's ignorant man!

So how did your prediction turn out that Trump would lose ?  

Oh he is losing, everyday a bit more. Be it sanity or support.

Trump is reducing you guys in distraught ... 

Losing your minds over fake news like Trump said, getting bent out of shape and made you all eat your own words from time to time all of which is ironic ... 

Is this how you really want to go down, being trolled by Trump ? 

You're sadly overestimating Trump's intelligence and slyness. No one is going down instead of Trump, just wait and see. 

Ironic since you and others are going down in flames by comparing him to Hitler LEL ... (I'm not rating Trump's intellect or cunning but damn are you guys getting reaching over Trump)