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Named sources can be vetted publicly for bias

Posted on: March 14, 2017 at 10:31:15 CT
Spanky KU
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and accuracy.... anonymous sources? Not so much.

It's just my personal tale on anonymous sources. I consistently discount them when they are used.
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Now we know why Obama ordered the NSA database - SuperTone MU - 3/14 10:13:37
     Boom(nm) - TigerFan92 MU - 3/14 11:55:16
     fake news - JayHoaxH8r MU - 3/14 11:22:59
          Must be fake if it isn't from thimkprogress. - Alferd Packer MU - 3/14 11:33:07
          you should talk(nm) - MizSecZou MU - 3/14 11:29:22
     Oh good. Something else for the dums to investigate. - GA Tiger MU - 3/14 10:42:55
     Oops Soetoro, (nm) - RedbullSky MU - 3/14 10:30:12
     Obama is an honest and decent man. He would never - hokie VT - 3/14 10:25:30
     Ha Ha Ha Ha - Breitbart - where are they doing, urging - raskolnikov MU - 3/14 10:23:55
          it is fox, not breitbart.(nm) - SuperTone MU - 3/14 10:45:43
               Your link was breitbart(nm) - raskolnikov MU - 3/14 11:08:04
                    ...which linked to FOX... not that you are even slightly - Alferd Packer MU - 3/14 11:35:38
                         What link? - tigerspy MU - 3/14 11:38:55
                              What size spoon do we need to feed you? - Alferd Packer MU - 3/14 11:43:50
                                   A tweet feed is not a proper link. - tigerspy MU - 3/14 11:55:39
               they dont even read the article or glance at more than - MizSecZou MU - 3/14 10:50:12
               Is there a reason you linked to Breitbart? (nm) - tigerspy MU - 3/14 10:48:02
                    yes, to expose the idiots who can't think for themselves.(nm) - SuperTone MU - 3/14 10:51:42
                         ...or at all.(nm) - Alferd Packer MU - 3/14 11:37:09
                    lmao... good grief(nm) - MizSecZou MU - 3/14 10:48:47
                         ...what? Was there no Fox link? - tigerspy MU - 3/14 10:51:10
                              The whole thing is just stupid(nm) - raskolnikov MU - 3/14 11:10:11
                                   Judge Napolitano is not one to challenge unless - Alferd Packer MU - 3/14 11:39:27
     Unnamed sources.... - Spanky KU - 3/14 10:17:05
          well it is corroborated by outside info.(nm) - SuperTone MU - 3/14 10:25:43
               It is plausible.. but not corroborated - Spanky KU - 3/14 10:38:59
                    the dossier came from the UK. The guy had connections - SuperTone MU - 3/14 10:41:37
                         There is no mention of a dossier in the OP - Spanky KU - 3/14 10:54:03
          I don't see a problem with this. - tigerspy MU - 3/14 10:24:48
               I just don't like anonymous sources.... they smell of - Spanky KU - 3/14 10:27:37
                    That's always possible. Even for named sources. (nm) - tigerspy MU - 3/14 10:29:17
                         Named sources can be vetted publicly for bias - Spanky KU - 3/14 10:31:15
                              The journalists can do that. - tigerspy MU - 3/14 10:33:04
                                   Journalism has changed over the past 40 years - Spanky KU - 3/14 10:36:23
                    considering the source of the dossier, there is smoke - SuperTone MU - 3/14 10:29:01
                         Perhaps.. But I see no dossier or backup..... - Spanky KU - 3/14 10:37:33




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