"Principles for Granting Anonymity":
We do not grant anonymity to people who use it as cover for a personal or partisan attack. If pejorative opinions are worth reporting and cannot be specifically attributed, they may be paraphrased or described after thorough discussion between writer and editor. The vivid language of direct quotation confers an unfair advantage on a speaker or writer who hides behind the newspaper, and turns of phrase are valueless to a reader who cannot assess the source.
Anonymity should not be invoked for a trivial comment, or to make an unremarkable comment appear portentous.#
Thanks to MediaMatters.org for the reminder of the NYT's journalistic principles as we head toward the 2008 Election and the dirty-tricks propaganda campaigns to associate progressive candidates with name-calling and silly accusations and innuendo--which have already begun. (See Sunday morning political programs, esp Chris Matthews' Show--but not to leave out Tim Russert, of course.)
May all our news sources act so nobly (sic) as the NYT...as stated above.
So...Blog on with the Truth, oh Bloggers! Keep their propagandistic, win-at-any-cost hooves to the Fire of Truth!
tags: NYT New York Times 2008 Election Chris Matthews Tim Russert
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