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U.S. survey shows many newspapers never permit use of anonymous sources

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From: AP Worldstream
Date: 20050609
Author:DAVID CRARY, AP National Writer

DAVID CRARY, AP National Writer
AP Worldstream
06-09-2005
Dateline: NEW YORK
Editors at about one in four U.S. newspapers who responded to a survey say they never allow reporters to quote anonymous sources, and most others have policies designed to limit the practice. One editor said his paper's rules are so strict they would have disqualified Deep Throat as a source.

The use of anonymous sources _ people who give reporters information only on condition that their identities not be divulged _ has been much in the news recently, notably in a case that prompted a Newsweek magazine retraction. ...

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