<p>"If I promise you the Moon and the Stars, Would you believe it?</p>
<p>Games people play in the middle of the night" - Alan Parsons Project, "Games People Play"</p>
<p>The recent fiasco experienced by the New York Times over the creative writing exploits of Jayson Blair should have served as a warning to journalists to be careful over the information they publish. A news outfit depends upon its credibility, just as surely as our society depends upon news reporting in order for people to make judgments over their own governance. Yet it appears that some lessons are not easily learned, as was recently demonstrated by some events which are to this moment still unfolding.</p>