Oh look, another meaningless apology from the media, what a shock

Ottawa Citizen apologizes to David Bowie for not making one Phone Call to fact check their story before printing it falsely accusing him 

Here is the problem with this

How many people see (or read) this retraction by the Ottawa Citizen
compared to how many will continue to falsely accuse and belittle David Bowie for something he had no control over and had done everything he could do to promote and support Chris Hatfield version of Space Oddity.

How about instead of writing an apology the media in Canada (Toronto Ontario specifically, even though this one about an Ottawa paper) start acting like REAL REPORTERS and FINDING OUT ALL THE FACTS before publishing.

Media in Canada and USA has become a #%$@!#% disgrace to the once proud profession. Now they rather be first to press (online or print) and to hell with the fact or evidence to support their false claims.

This story about a song.
Couple weeks ago it was about blatant false coverage in politics where the media acted and behaved more like paid lobbyists, then responsible journalists.

Time and time and time again we see the media screw up, print errors and falsehoods, or just write outright fantasy to push their agenda or (as was this) try and rally public outrage to pressure or punish someone or something they disagree with.

When did we the people STOP asking for actual factual information from our media?

One phone call to Bowie publicist would have stopped this error filled article from going to print. ONE PHONE CALL. Is that really to much to ask for?

2 weeks ago, a reporter reading the actual platforms before reporting would have drastically changed the coverage of the Ontario election where journalists could have actually reported the fact rather then promote misinformation and flat out lies.

When did we the people decide it was OK for our media to be so uninformed, unreliable, uneducated, and so flat out partisan and bias in the media coverage of any given event?

Personally I think we deserve more and require more of our media and frankly I think the laws should change that ALL MEDIA be held to a much higher standard then they are now. The media use to hold itself to that standard but clearly no longer does and is not willing to.

This was a nothing issue that at worst did some damage to David Bowie's reputation.

But this is not the only time we see these unforgivable mistakes of pure laziness and unprofessional behavior by the media.

What if the next false report is about something that truly does matter.

Would a self serving and disingenuous apology be good enough then?

Do we not deserve honest, truthful, investigated, and fact checked articles from our media?