With the advent of citizen journalism and free, easy-to-use online publishing tools, media consumers have an infinite number of places to go for information. We can read blogs, subscribe to podcasts, follow people on Twitter and tune in to YouTube. But even with these changes in our midst, I’ve been under the impression that one thing remains true, and that’s this: Mainstream media outlets are still held to a higher standard of truth and accuracy than that guy who writes a blog from his basement.

But maybe not so much.

If you missed the news about Entrepreneur magazine this year, Folio blogger Dylan Stableford provides a good summary:
http://www.foliomag.com/2009/do-publishers-owe-it-their-readers-ensure-accuracy-what-they-publish

And as he notes, in the court documents, Entrepreneur argued that it is “under no duty to provide information with care to its readers.” Hmmm. Maybe the magazine is just trying to save itself legally, but I still can’t help but question whether I will continue reading this publication.

Ultimately, though, the question is: How do we know which media outlets we can truly trust? Can you trust any of them? Share your thoughts … The conversation is open.