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1 line summary: Reporter/columnist decides he will not honor the privacy request of 'off-the-record' disclosures if he discovers that the source was lying to hi
by param 17y ago
1 line summary: Reporter/columnist decides he will not honor the privacy request of 'off-the-record' disclosures if he discovers that the source was lying to him.
However, who determines that the source was lying? If the journo in question thinks he was lying to? This would discourage any insider from talking to him anonymously
- tptacek 17y agoHe's not a reporter/columnist. He works for TechCrunch. Did you seriously think he'd go to jail to protect sources? Look at all the other journalistic ethics they've declared "irrelevant".
- dsingleton 17y agoAlthough I'm not a huge fan of Paul Carr, he did work for the Guardian, and now for the Telegraph, so I wouldn't judge him by TC association alone.
- tptacek 17y agoI took the word "irrelevant" and its association to actual journalism from his own post.