Reaction: MSNBC confuses satire for fact

I love when the news tries to race to get these stories out. Even during an ongoing interview, they are still trying to pull sources off the net. Classic. The problem with doing something that ignorant, to use this video as the perfect example, is there is no one to fact-check that source. You can use the internet to "prove" any point you're trying to make (in this case MSNBC is trying to show Jerry Falwell had a lot of influence on the Bush administration - which most sources indicate he did not), but that doesn't mean the "proof" you find is any more real than the claim you're trying to make. That is why these news agencies have these hoops you have to jump through so you're not releasing blatantly incorrect data to the entire world. The problem with jumping through these hoops is it is time consuming which means, from a news agency's point of view, you may not be the first one out of the gate with the story. But it sure feels better finishing the race in second place than breaking your horse's leg on the first jump.