re: Anonymous ND football Player says "Manti Lied but the media blew it up"

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however, claiming that an anonymous person was "80% sure Manti was involved" is sensationalist journalism and amateur.

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Will disagree here. Big media outlets use and cite anonymous sources alot in big stories.

How else would they get nitty, gritty details and facts?

I believe that their "source" is very close to Te'o or his family.

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however, claiming that an anonymous person was "80% sure Manti was involved" is sensationalist journalism and amateur.


Will disagree here. Big media outlets use and cite anonymous sources alot in big stories.

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Well, nothing I've read about the story makes sense to me but... quoting a single anonymous source's opinion with no specific evidence to refute is probably tantamount to the writer inserting their own opinion.

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Big media outlets use and cite anonymous sources alot in big stories.

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not sources that are "80%" sure of something, that was a crappiest part of an otherwise well researched piece.

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not sources that are "80%" sure of something, that was a crappiest part of an otherwise well researched piece.

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But you can't "out" a source or you'll lose any kind of credibility you have as a journalist. Nobody else would ever trust you in the future.