The barriers to entry into journalism are very very low. The standards of journalism on the networks and cable are even lower. So none of this is surprising.

The problem is that journalism is not a profession. There is no licensing. There are no enforceable standards. So to use the word "malpractice" is to deceive people into thinknig that incompetent journalism suffers financial loss, as in legal, engineering or medical malpractice.

That absence of consequences is the problem.