Unnamed Sources Have Their Way with — and Say in—the New York Times
Columbia Journalism Review, September 12, 2007
By Liz Cox Barrett
To political campaigns and newspapers alike: beware campaign "advisers" willing to say ill-advised things to reporters—when offered the cloak of anonymity. So much can be achieved when you know your name will not be associated (at least not in print) with your words: agenda-peddling, score-settling, trial-balloon-floating, hand-forcing, bone-picking, itch-scratching…
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