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I have a degree in journalism but have never worked in the field. From my vantage point (in the financial industry), the biggest problem in journalism is basically laziness - which prompts reporters to repeatedly quote the same readily-accessible, publicity-hungry sources over and over again. You see this especially in financial news where every story needs to feature a couple banal, obvious quotes from analysts and bankers - usually the most accommodating person the reporter could find, not the most qualified or accurate.Why don't newspapers have strict rules on who gets quoted and limit the frequency? And why don't they ever go back and examine the accuracy of these sources that they quote habitually?