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<blockquote data-quote="TerryMiller" data-source="post: 3005167" data-attributes="member: 7900"><p>Actually, I'm not even sure that they are basing their stories on "two unnamed officials." Time was, journalists were to get at least one "named" source besides the original "named" source before they would even consider releasing the news story based on them. Now, I think they will go with a single unnamed source and not even think about it, especially if it casts a shadow on the subject (think person or policy) that they are against. Watergate and "Deep Throat" was probably the end of really verifiable news sources.</p><p></p><p>I remember years ago that a family member would swear by the National Enquirer, saying that they couldn't print that stuff if it wasn't true. I tried to explain to them that the Enquirer would quote "our sources say" in the story, leading to the idea that they had multiple sources. It wasn't until the Enquirer published a story that was very critical of that person's "occupation" that they came to know that the story was totally false.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryMiller, post: 3005167, member: 7900"] Actually, I'm not even sure that they are basing their stories on "two unnamed officials." Time was, journalists were to get at least one "named" source besides the original "named" source before they would even consider releasing the news story based on them. Now, I think they will go with a single unnamed source and not even think about it, especially if it casts a shadow on the subject (think person or policy) that they are against. Watergate and "Deep Throat" was probably the end of really verifiable news sources. I remember years ago that a family member would swear by the National Enquirer, saying that they couldn't print that stuff if it wasn't true. I tried to explain to them that the Enquirer would quote "our sources say" in the story, leading to the idea that they had multiple sources. It wasn't until the Enquirer published a story that was very critical of that person's "occupation" that they came to know that the story was totally false. [/QUOTE]
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