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Article: TH policy restricts use of anonymous sources; With rare exceptions, quoted sources are 'on the record'
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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
- Article date:
- June 14, 2005
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I am not surprised that debate about anonymous sources flared with
the recent identification of the Watergate-era source "Deep Throat."
Then again, I am surprised that some people are surprised.
The world now knows that W. Mark Felt, then the No. 2 man in the
Federal Bureau of Investigation, was the No. 1 anonymous source for
The Washington Post's Watergate reports. Eventually, Watergate took
down Richard Nixon's presidency.
For three decades, journalist Bob Woodward said his "deep
background" source held a high post in government. No surprise. After
all, no one could come into that much information without being in a
position to know.
No matter who "Deep Throat" was, he had to break the ...