--- "I heard it from a friend who, heard it from a friend who, ...repeat infinitum."
Were one to discount all -- really, all -- news and opinion which does not name names, the legacy, Lefty media would have little to sell. Some fake Right media too, most likely. But...
..."on condition of anonymity" "experts says" and "studies show" and .....
The problem with reality for so many today sure seems like we -- I include myself in the plural pronoun -- wish some things were different that they are. The talking heads and clever op-ed writers and all figured that out long ago. But when a fictional world is built "tangible" enough to be seen as fictional, then the game's over.
Discount EVERY anonymous source and the narratives they support, and then ask -- what's left?
..."nothing from nothing leaves nothing" - Billy Preston