"Whenever anonymity is granted, it should be the subject of energetic negotiation to arrive at phrasing that will tell the reader as much as possible about the placement … of the source … When possible … articles should tersely explain what kind of understanding was actually reached by reporter and source, and should shed light on the reasons and the source's motives." —from The New York Times's revised policy on confidential news sources…… More »
"Thomas Frank, a left-wing journalist and author of the bestseller What's the Matter With Kansas?, … argues that conservatives have been duping lower- and middle-class voters into voting Republican, when any moron can see that these people should vote their class interests—that is, vote Democrat. 'The preeminent issue of our day,' Frank writes, is 'people getting their interests wrong.'" —National Review, September 9, 2004… More »
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