12-10-2014, 02:49 AM
Not to disagree. Of course, you are correct. The use of the passive voice is another tipoff.
However, we could should remember that what you rightly accuse WM of is all too often a part of more credible journalism. Take Sy Hersch, for example. Unnamed sources all the time. The Iraq war was sold on the basis of unnamed sources all the time.
I guess the thing about WM is that he will write whole stories based on only one unnamed source when "credible" journalists will have two?
However, we could should remember that what you rightly accuse WM of is all too often a part of more credible journalism. Take Sy Hersch, for example. Unnamed sources all the time. The Iraq war was sold on the basis of unnamed sources all the time.
I guess the thing about WM is that he will write whole stories based on only one unnamed source when "credible" journalists will have two?
"We'll know our disinformation campaign is complete when everything the American public believes is false." --William J. Casey, D.C.I
"We will lead every revolution against us." --Theodore Herzl
"We will lead every revolution against us." --Theodore Herzl