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How to detect lies in your newspaper: Anonymous sources, one key to Blair's baloney in The [New York] Times, inevitably lead to lies. Here's why:
• The anonymous source, if in fact one exists, generally is a coward who tells more than he or she knows.
• The reporter permitted to use such sources often writes more than he or she hears.
The only sure way to separate fact from fiction is to ban all anonymous sources. If your newspaper uses them, be very, very skeptical.
[Já agora, uma recomendação para este manual de jornalismo: "The News About the News: American Journalism in Peril". As histórias são sobre o jornalismo nos EUA mas rapidamente se percebe que são simplesmente sobre o mundo do jornalismo no mundo...]