A journalist is never supposed to report something they got from a single source with words like "it was considered". They're generally not supposed to report s

A journalist is never supposed to report something they got from a single source with words like "it was considered". They're generally not supposed to report soemthing they got from a single source at all. But if they do, it should be "so-and-so believed it was purely ceremonial" or "we've spoken with one professor who believed it was purely ceremonial". But the job of journalists is to do the research. That's the whole purpose of good journalism: ask around, build some context on a story, then report it. Don't just tell me what one guy believed, I can find that out on my own. Tell me if others with context also believe the same: that's the part I don't have time for.