[Leeman4Gilmour]

People get around the whole pesky journalist thing by simply stating they are expressing their "opinion". You can set up the most ironclad set of rules and regulations and the most rigid accreditation criteria and anybody with enough followers would simply say, I was just expressing my opinion. Making it more difficult for true journalists isn't the way to fix the problem of misinformation. I don't have the answers. Education on how to discern horse #### from the truth is the long road I suppose.


edit....Maybe eliminating cash for clicks? For the most part, as with everything really, money is the root. The more followers, the more clicks, the more money. People racing to be the "first" or just start something outlandish, gets followers. Stop the incentive. Taking "influencer" off the job category wouldn't be the end of the world.