According to the Guardian there has been a dramatic rise in the number of defamation cases related to comments made on blogs and Twitter:
Barrister and media specialist at Addleshaw Goddard LLP, Korieh Duodu, said the increase was due to the rise of blogging and social networking sites where material is not being checked.
"So much material on the internet is now written by non-professionals without any of the fact-checking that should take place within traditional media organisations," Duodu said.
Suspect the key word there is should.
See also:
Daily Star admits it "made no attempt to check accuracy" of Raoul Moat story
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