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January 6, 2020Accountability, Accuracy, Case Study, Mediaanonymity, anonymous sources, credibility, identified news sourcesethicsadviceline

Anonymous sources: Most reporters know that stories are only as good as the reliability of identified sources who are quoted. From the Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists archives.

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