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On the condition of anonymity : unnamed sources and the battle for journalism / Matt Carlson.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Carlson, Matt, 1977-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Urbana : University of Illinois Press, ©2011.
Series:	History of communication.
Subjects:	Attribution of news. Reporters and reporting > United States. Journalism > Political aspects > United States. Journalistic ethics > United States.

Table of Contents:

Introduction : the problems-and promise-of unnamed sources
Media culpas : prewar reporting mistakes at the New York times and Washington post
"Blogs 1, CBS 0" : 60 minutes and the Killian memos controversy
Journalists fight back : Newsweek and the Koran abuse story
Deep Throat and the question of motives
"Journalism on trial" : confidentiality and the Plame leak case
Rethinking anonymity : problems and solutions.