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Article: USING ANONYMOUS SOURCES MEDIA EXPERTS: WHEN, HOW THEY'RE USED IS KEY.(FRONT)
- Article from:
- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- June 5, 2005
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Byline: Philip Dine St. Louis Post-Dispatch
WASHINGTON -- The revisiting of Watergate and the role of the most famous anonymous source in American journalism -- Deep Throat, revealed to be FBI's No. 2 man in the early 1970s, Mark Felt -- has raised the issue of anonymous sources.
Some journalists and media observers contend that anonymous sources are the bane of modern journalism, while others see them as a valuable asset.
"We have become so promiscuous about granting anonymity, even to people with axes to grind, that a lot of folks are skeptical when it comes to the serious investigative pieces where today's Deep Throats are still very ...