Sunday, April 18, 2010

NYT public editor raps paper's use of anonymous sources

Under the headline "Squandered Trust," N.Y. Times public editor writes:

"Despite written ground rules to the contrary and promises by top editors to do better, The Times continues to use anonymous sources for information available elsewhere on the record. It allows unnamed people to provide quotes of marginal news value and to remain hidden with little real explanation of their motives, their reliability, or the reasons why they must be anonymous."

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