Yes, in your rush to be whatever it is your ilk thinks you are -- erudite not making the cut -- mistakes are made. It's wonderful that "my phone made me do it" is such a convenient excuse. It's also comical to think that the usual suspects here are tapping out comments on a tiny screen while on the go, when most are hovered over their keyboards at home, having exhausted the patience of friends and relatives who've long since learned to dodge their drivel in person.
Sausage making is never pretty; sometimes, that goes for online reporting, too, and it can grate at times. Thank goodness you're there to sweep up behind the R-G crew. Just as eating makes you a culinary expert and driving makes you a car designer, reading a newspaper certainly qualifies you as a media critic.