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I was always under the impression that journalistic integrity was staked on providing anonymity to anonymous sources. In the past it was something the most resp
by vimax 6y ago
I was always under the impression that journalistic integrity was staked on providing anonymity to anonymous sources. In the past it was something the most respected journalist would have gone to prison over, but in today's world I guess it's whatever keeps those click rates high.
- MattGaiser 6y ago> anonymity to anonymous sources. That is a trade. The journalist is trading anonymity for information as if they don't they will not get information.
- electricviolet 6y agoJournalists are ethically obligated to keep sources anonymous once they have promised anonymity. They are not obligated to offer anonymity to every source.
- evamvid 6y agoWell, yeah, for anonymous sources. A random blogger they're writing an article about usually isn't an anonymous source. The ethics publishing name etc. are absolutely debatable, but the anonymous sources you are talking about are something completely different. Those are people who only agree to be sources for the story on the condition that their anonymity will be protected.