With news, however, improvisation is unforgivable. Not doing the research needed to actually be knowledgable in your stories - that's just neccesary, not a choice.
Yahoo News failed on that miserably: they had a piece about actor Scott Bakula coming to play the Captain on the next Star Trek series. They spoke of him playing "Doctor Sam Bennet on Quantum Leap for five seasons".
Bennet? Could have sworn his character was Sam Beckett - a fact this reporter would know if he actually reasearched his piece.
The Yahoo staff must now be hiding in shame.