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Readers often skeptical of anonymous sources

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From: Yakima Herald-Republic
Date: 20050619
Author:Sarah Jenkins

"Anonymous sources should be considered the journalistic equivalent of the 'nuclear option.' If the information provided cannot be independently verified, it cannot and should not be used. The standard of verification must be set much higher for anonymous sources than that used for open sources, as the risks associated with error are so much higher."

-- Kevin Crawford of Yakima,

responding to the national

Readers Speak survey

Kevin Crawford was one of more than 1,600 newspaper readers around the country who took time to express their opinions last week on the media's use of anonymous sources.

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