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Interview: Bill Kovach discusses fundamental journalistic questions about using anonymous sources

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From: Morning Edition (NPR)
Date: 20050517
Author:RENEE MONTAGNE

RENEE MONTAGNE
Morning Edition (NPR)
05-17-2005
Interview: Bill Kovach discusses fundamental journalistic questions about using anonymous sources

Host: RENEE MONTAGNE
Time: 10:00-11:00 AM

RENEE MONTAGNE, host:

Newsweek's retraction of that story about the desecration of the Koran at Guantanamo Bay has raised a core journalistic question: When should reporters use anonymous sources? Bill Kovach is the founding director of the Committee of Concerned Journalists and he's been in the news business for 40 years.

Welcome.

Mr. BILL KOVACH (Committee of Concerned Journalists): Good to be here.

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