May 10, 2003, the New York Times admits that one of its
reporters has “committed frequent acts of journalistic fraud.” IMHO, journalistic ethics appear weak at the NYT. Both left- and right-wing publications have this problem. Another example is The New Republic (scroll down to "controversies.") Even Wikipedia has had it's problems. I cite Wikipedia frequently and it has been used as a source in scholarly works. However, if I have problems with an article, I don't cite it. Overall, the record suggests Wikipedia is generally reliable.