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posted by Fnord666 on Monday January 09 2017, @06:57AM   Printer-friendly
from the just-call-me-Harriet dept.

President-elect Donald Trump is clearly antagonistic toward the mainstream media. That attitude is unlikely to change after Inauguration Day. His disdain for journalists and reluctance to release details about his finances and business ventures may force journalists to rely increasingly on anonymous sources, a strategy that reputable news organizations have long frowned upon.

So in the age of Trump, how should a reader approach coverage that relies primarily on anonymous sources?

Read the news like a spy.


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  • (Score: 2, Informative) by tftp on Monday January 09 2017, @08:20AM

    by tftp (806) on Monday January 09 2017, @08:20AM (#451368) Homepage

    It was always this way. Started thousands of years ago, when humans invented religion.

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  • (Score: 3, Touché) by DECbot on Monday January 09 2017, @03:32PM

    by DECbot (832) on Monday January 09 2017, @03:32PM (#451480) Journal

    And here I thought it was when we learned language.

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