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Analysis: Use of anonymous sources being debated

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From: Morning Edition (NPR)
Date: 20050601
Author:STEVE INSKEEP

STEVE INSKEEP
Morning Edition (NPR)
06-01-2005
Analysis: Use of anonymous sources being debated

Host: STEVE INSKEEP
Time: 11:00 AM-12:00 Noon

STEVE INSKEEP, host:

Now this news about Deep Throat comes at a time when using anonymous sources is under attack, as NPR's David Folkenflik reports.

DAVID FOLKENFLIK reporting:

In Washington, big-time reporters say it's tough to break a big story without hidden helpers who often carry cloaked agendas. Just listen to David Wise, the former Washington bureau chief of the New York Herald Tribune and author of numerous books on national security matters.

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