[FreeReign]

President Bush will seek a big increase in the budget of the National Endowment for the Arts, the largest single source of support for the arts in the United States, administration officials said on Wednesday. Laura Bush plans to announce the request on Thursday, in remarks intended to show the administration's commitment to the arts, aides said.

Administration officials, including White House budget experts, said that Mr. Bush would propose an increase of $15 million to $20 million for the coming fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1.

Do these "aides", "administration officials" and "White House budget experts" have a name or are they unnamed sources?

[Don Joe]

Do these "aides", "administration officials" and "White House budget experts" have a name or are they unnamed sources?

Does it matter? Or are you whistling past the graveyard?

Face it -- the fix is in. The sources are unnamed, big whoop. That's how it's done. They're always unnamed -- but they're not unknown to the press.

This ain't some night shift janitor whispering it to the reporter. If you're pinning your hopes on this all turning out to be a groundless rumor, well, I hope you're sitting down when you get the "real" news.