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> The officials were not authorized to speak publicly and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity. Anonymous to readers != anonymous to the journalist. The j
by brundolf 6y ago
> The officials were not authorized to speak publicly and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity.
Anonymous to readers != anonymous to the journalist. The journalist can verify the source, and also guard his or her anonymity for their safety. This is common practice in journalism.
- poilcn 6y agoThe problem of "who will guard the guards themselves". It's "common practice" because it gives unrestricted ability to fabricate any kind of narration without repercussions as nobody can verify it.
- brundolf 6y agoOkay, bud. If you're going to make a blanket assertion that the entire journalistic field is nothing but a propaganda machine then there's really nothing I can do for you.
- Fjolsvith 6y agoThere is a huge reputation problem with the media these days. Bombshell headlines of Trump-Russia collusion evidence comes to mind, driven by anonymous sources.
- st1ck 6y agoI wouldn't be worried too much about fabrication by journalists. I assume most of those "leaks" are intentionally dispersed by 3-letter agencies as kind of unofficial press releases.