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If I'm a journalist and my "anonymous source" lies to me
Posted on 6/8/17 at 7:47 pm
Posted on 6/8/17 at 7:47 pm
Do I still have an ethical duty to protect his/her identity?
I say no. Hell, I'd argue if I published the wrong info the source told me, I probably have an ethical duty to publicly disclose the "source" at such point.
Tell me why I'm wrong.
I say no. Hell, I'd argue if I published the wrong info the source told me, I probably have an ethical duty to publicly disclose the "source" at such point.
Tell me why I'm wrong.
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Posted on 6/8/17 at 7:49 pm to Y.A. Tittle
You would probably lose any future anonymous sources. That's all I got
Posted on 6/8/17 at 7:49 pm to Y.A. Tittle
Good luck getting another source
Posted on 6/8/17 at 7:49 pm to Y.A. Tittle
You have the right to kill them because they are anonymous so no one can connect you to it.
Stranger murders are very much harder to solve!
Stranger murders are very much harder to solve!
Posted on 6/8/17 at 7:56 pm to Ostrich
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Good luck getting another source
Especially the liars, I guess.
Posted on 6/8/17 at 7:57 pm to Y.A. Tittle
No source with good information would than want anything to do with you considering their freedom is in your hands. It is that journalists fault for getting burned, they have to take the responsibility.
Posted on 6/8/17 at 8:18 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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Tell me why I'm wrong
There doesn't even have to be a source if you keep it "anonymous"
So essentially it's a speculate whatever you want for free card/tactic.
Just flood the airwaves with every MSM outlet citing each other's citings of one of their anonymous sources and some people think it's gospel because it hits them from every angle.
This post was edited on 6/8/17 at 8:25 pm
Posted on 6/8/17 at 8:21 pm to Lsuchs
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There doesn't even have to be a source of you keep it anonymous
So essentially it's a speculate whatever you want for free card/tactic.
Bingo!
Posted on 6/8/17 at 8:22 pm to Y.A. Tittle
You have no duty,but you better become a saucier,a great saucier. You won't be getting shite off the shelf anymore.
Posted on 6/8/17 at 8:25 pm to Y.A. Tittle
The internet destroyed networks and print media and they had to cut costs by letting go established journalists and keep the cheap labor of people in their 20's
That's why our MSM is shot.
The adults with integrity are gone.
That's why our MSM is shot.
The adults with integrity are gone.
Posted on 6/8/17 at 8:29 pm to Y.A. Tittle
A better question is why can't the NSA and the rest of the IC use their full capabilities to catch anonymous sources who leak classified info. They can listen to every call a journalist makes or has ever made from any phone, track every place the person has driven, they can tail them, get video from every restaurant/bar/coffeeshop they visit etc. soon enough they would find out who the source is and then they could arrest them. It's not like these sources are all Snowden, 99% of the leakers could get caught in just a few days.
Posted on 6/8/17 at 8:30 pm to lsu480
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A better question is why can't the NSA and the rest of the IC use their full capabilities to catch anonymous sources who leak classified info. They can listen to every call a journalist makes or has ever made from any phone, track every place the person has driven, they can tail them, get video from every restaurant/bar/coffeeshop they visit etc. soon enough they would find out who the source is and then they could arrest them. It's not like these sources are all Snowden, 99% of the leakers could get caught in just a few days.
I think their abilities on this front may be a tad overstated.
Posted on 6/8/17 at 8:32 pm to Y.A. Tittle
Bias MSM journalist shop sauces until one tells them what they want to hear.
Look how long it took Dan Rather to find a fake letter to back up his sauces.
Look how long it took Dan Rather to find a fake letter to back up his sauces.
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