Monday, March 21, 2005

Put up or shut up

USA Today has a new policy on using anonymous sources and unnamed "critics," "opponents," etc. A lot of us have suspected that such unnamed sources were being used by reporters to insert their own opinions into "straight reporting" stories. It's a step forward toward regaining credibility which other big papers probably should adopt. Should they really need a rule against reporting stuff that hasn't happened?

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