Anonymous Sources, Confidential Sources in News

S. Africa’s Sunday Times Criticized for Anonymously Sourced Mugabe Affair Murder Story

Blogger Akanyang criticized The Sunday Times and its reporter Jon Swain in his media and politics blog, Akanyang Afrika. He...

Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity and conservative talk radio host Mark Levin have all called for a retraction from...

The Toronto Star reported that a Canadian mayor, Phyllis Morris, has filed a $6 million defamation lawsuit against anonymous bloggers,...

Canadian Business Journal reported Oct. 22 that a ruling by Canada's Supreme Court protects anonymous whistleblowers. "The Supreme Court is...

The Guardian's media writer Roy Greenslade wondered Oct. 11 "what's wrong with anonymous sources in the News of the World...

New York Times public editor Arthur Brisbane blogged Oct. 15 criticizing the anonymous sources that drove the unflattering lead anecdote...

The Albany Herald reported Oct 15 that Mexican reporter Ines Sainz said she won't report from locker rooms going forward. Last...

Earlier this week, iMediaEthics reported that South African newspaper The Herald was accused by a reader of using anonymous sources to...

A Canadian newspaper is taking a radio station to court to force the station to reveal its anonymous sources. This is...