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Media, government lose credibility because of anonymous sources.

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From: Knight Ridder Washington Bureau (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune NewsService)
Date: 20050518
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Byline: Clark Hoyt

WASHINGTON _ Newsweek's admission this week that its (literally) explosive report was wrong about Americans desecrating a Quran raises again the issue of anonymous sources.

At least 17 people died in riots in Afghanistan, and Pakistan shook from massive street protests, all touched off by the story based on an assertion by an unidentified U.S. government official who has since told Newsweek he couldn't be sure of his information.

The magazine apologized and retracted at a time when most mainstream news media are struggling with how _ even whether _ ...

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