by Sydney Smith on Jun 28, 2010
Firedoglake Calls Out Washington Post in McChrystal Coverage
Firedoglake, the progressive political blog, wrote June 25 critiquing The Washington Post for not only publishing an anonymously sourced article, but...
Anonymous Sources
by Robert Buckman on Jun 27, 2010
Rolling Stone’s McChrystal profile: The Right, the Wrong, and the Ugly
Like everyone else, I was mesmerized by the mounting furor over the Rolling Stone article that led to the sacking...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 21, 2010
Media Debate on Coverage of Congressman Bob Etheridge ‘Student’ Ambush Video
By now, the video of U.S. Rep Bob Etheridge (D-NC) grabbing a young videographer has gone viral on the Internet....
by Sydney Smith on Jun 14, 2010
Washington Post Public Editor Andy Alexander Says Newspaper Misusing Anonymous Sources
The Washington Post's public editor, Andy Alexander, wrote June 13 about the newspaper's problem with mis- and over-using anonymous sources. "Too...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 13, 2010
Reuters’ chronic use of anonymous sources troubling
A June 9 BusinessWeek article featured a particularly troubling use of an anonymous source. What's worse, the report was based...
by Sydney Smith on May 30, 2010
Should Anonymous Commenters Be Treated Like Sources By News Sites?
One important change made when Great Britain's The Times and Sunday Times re-launched their Web sites May 25 was the...
by Sydney Smith on May 18, 2010
Times Online, Independent report anonymous speculation on Libyan crash
The Times Online’s initial May 13 report on the May 12 Libyan plane crash contained both a factual error and an...
by Sydney Smith on May 17, 2010
Is Mainstream Media Beefing Up Huguely Crime Coverage with Anonymous Sources?
The New York Daily News and other mainstream media outlets are using anonymous sources to characterize the past behavior of...
by Sydney Smith on May 15, 2010
Should Journalists Protect Each Other’s Anonymous Sources?
Journalists are obliged by ethical codes of practice to honor their commitments to anonymous sources. But does this ethical obligation ...