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I think it's especially silly in the case of a "source" from a really small startup. This isn't like a "source" at Proctor and Gamble, it's what, like one of f
by m0nastic 14y ago
I think it's especially silly in the case of a "source" from a really small startup.
This isn't like a "source" at Proctor and Gamble, it's what, like one of five people?
- pbiggar 14y agoOr their friends, or people they spoke to at a party or conference. And so on.
- m0nastic 14y agoI suppose. So a person contacts the article author and says "I spoke with them at a party or conference, and they denied knowing anything about a Windows client." That's a credible source? Of course not.
- pbiggar 14y agoCredibility isn't binary. What's credible for one news organization says nothing about what another organization/journalist/court-of-law-in-the-UK believes is credible. There are many more ways to establish credibility - does your story add up, do you know things you wouldn't without having inside info, can the journalist verify that info with a known insider, have you been a credible source in the past, are you personally known to the journalist, are you a known person in the community, do you have a proven connection to the primary source, etc.