NYT says senior American officials were the source for this news. Huh? What are “senior American officials”?
I know, they don’t even specify a dept.
anonymous “senior” officials of mysterious nature, and we’re supposed to just TRUST the scumbags of the NY Times on this????
I think not.
There needs to be a serious war against the misuse & abuse of anonymous sourcing in journalism.
It has gone waaaaay too far.
It should be mainly allowed for suggesting (background) directions for further investigation, not as (dubious) substantiation in published articles and TV reports.
Editors ought to say “Screw your anonymous sources, bring me EVIDENCE!”