While I respect Ms. Herridge's values, I disagree entirely with the notion that any confidentiality should attach to news sources. Anonymous sourced reporting is the blight of American journalism. The source of a news report is every bit as important as the report itself. If you want to talk about the public's right to know, that right i…
While I respect Ms. Herridge's values, I disagree entirely with the notion that any confidentiality should attach to news sources. Anonymous sourced reporting is the blight of American journalism. The source of a news report is every bit as important as the report itself. If you want to talk about the public's right to know, that right includes knowledge of who's talking.
The masthead of the Washington Post reads 'Democracy Dies in Darkness'. Hypocrisy, The darkest place in the United States is the newsroom. Whenever you read an anonymously sourced news report, you're not reading news. You're reading an unsigned op-ed.
While I respect Ms. Herridge's values, I disagree entirely with the notion that any confidentiality should attach to news sources. Anonymous sourced reporting is the blight of American journalism. The source of a news report is every bit as important as the report itself. If you want to talk about the public's right to know, that right includes knowledge of who's talking.
The masthead of the Washington Post reads 'Democracy Dies in Darkness'. Hypocrisy, The darkest place in the United States is the newsroom. Whenever you read an anonymously sourced news report, you're not reading news. You're reading an unsigned op-ed.