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> Her work makes it hard for her to talk to reporters, so we're not using her last name Surely if you feel it necessary to omit someones last name you should e
by have_faith 6y ago
> Her work makes it hard for her to talk to reporters, so we're not using her last name
Surely if you feel it necessary to omit someones last name you should err on the side of caution and omit their first name too? A fist name narrows a search down significantly.
- dfxm12 6y agoHow do you know they gave her real first name?
- slg 6y agoI didn't attend J-school, but that sounds like a questionable practice ethically. A person has a right to be anonymous, but it should be noted they are anonymous. Making up a name for someone without disclosing that fact is questionable.
- gowld 6y agoUsing their first name to pretend they are both anonymous and non-anonymous is worse than both endpoints of spectrum.
- slg 6y agoIt is ethical and expected for a journalist to obscure facts to protect their sources. It is unethical for a journalist to fabricate facts to protect their sources. Also as someone with experience being anonymously quoted by journalist before, it seems to be standard practice for the journalist to defer any decisions on how they would like to be referred to the source. Odds are Evelyn is the one who decided to just go by Evelyn. She probably doesn't care too much about absolute anonymity, but she also wants plausible deniability.
- Ansil849 6y agoOwing to the fact that they said they are omitting her surname but said nothing about changing her first name.
- raziel2701 6y ago"Good morning class. A certain agitator, for privacy's sake let's call her Lisa S... No, that's too obvious. Let's say L. Simpson."
- pak9rabid 6y agoThat damned colored chalk causing problems again.