Reign of Error article

I'm not surprised by the findings of the study by Scott Maier. According to the article, about half of the stories in the study had one or more errors in it. Half. That is astounding. Aren't we supposed to do our homework as journalists and check every single detail of our stories? It really irks me to see typos in newspapers, such as the Herald Dispatch and the Parkersburg News and Sentinel. I've even seen the Sentinel get their facts wrong. It's annoying. It discredits the profession.