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David is an occasional blogger, software engineer, Nintendo fanboy, liberal, news magazine addict, voracious TiVo user, and bibliophile. He was born in St. Louis, grew up in southern Indiana, and returned to St. Louis to attend Washington University. He hasn't managed to escape yet. He's a fan of free wine tastings, too many tv shows to name, and eating out. David makes his living developing web applications used internally by his employer. He doesn't blog about work because he's heard too many stories about that causing workplace troubles. There's more on the about page. |
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Anonymity
The New York Times has an official policy that bans the use of anonymous sources in most cases. In cases where anonymous sources are allowed, the reason for maintaining the source's anonymity has to be given. Which leaves us with a paragraph like the one below, take from an article about A-Rod's alleged steroid use:
The two people who cited the positive test did so on the condition of anonymity because they did not want to jeopardize their access to sensitive information.
Or, to paraphrase, they were anonymous so they'd be able to leak sensitive information in the future. The Times's policy seems to be a bit of a joke.
Posted by on 7 February 2009 at 6:40 PM
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