*With a shout-out to journalist Ronen Bergman for whistle-blowing here.
The one silver lining in cases of journalistic corruption is that it often also brings writers with greater integrity into the spotlight.
The very last thing we ever want is for the discovery of bad actors to disillusion us in our pursuit of better public discourse and information flow.
Trust, but verify.
Know the biases of an outlet going in.
Check your sources, and look at the sources others provide.