Media laziness

I understand that it is common practice for media outlets to quote from other news agency. What irritates me is that analysis/opinions are supposed to be original yet I see them being mirrored among media all the time. Consider the following cases:
1) US Government wants to drive away illegal immigrants by sending warning letters to employers who hired workers with social security number (SSN) not matched in the government's database, i.e., the so-called "no match" letter. Lots of opinion pieces I read says such policy is unfair to workers. These articles usually include interviews of some "no match" employee and how much they are hurt but it was never mention whether they have valid SSNs or not. I'm no supporter of unfair practices to the working class or immigrants but it's only unfair if these employee are wrongfully accused. I am surprised most opinion pieces conveniently ignore this part.

2) IMO, sports talk show hosts have one of the best job in the world. Topics come by so easily. And better yet, you could simply repeat the same topics from shows broadcasted earlier in the day! I remember earlier in this NFL season (~ Week 3/4) every host talks about both the Patriots and the Colts were undefeated but the latter is so "under the radar." I don't know how a team could be under the radar if everybody is talking about them!

3) Earlier this year a Californian woman hitting 16 hole-in-one (golf) made the news. Every news article commented how amazing that was but no one bother to verify the fact, until Golf Digest did. It turned out no one had actually witness the balls going into the holes. None of those 16 occasions. Enuff said.

[Update: I came across this article about how blogs not only lazy in checking facts but also "adding" incorrect "twist" to the story along the way. That's even worse!]