Journalists have a job to do that is important to the public satisfaction. Everyone has seen a newspaper or magazine in the grocery store, and online articles are becoming more and more prevalent as the years go by. Journalists and writers have to make sure that they use trustworthy sources and do not carelessly make mistakes. Journalists methods are questioned when a source is misplaced or theories are thrown around that don't have any real merit. Ethically a journalist has to be careful and honest in his writing so that his audience will find his writing believable and he will retain his credibility.