Radio Station Cries 'Enough' -- Won't Quote From Certain News Stories Relying on Unnamed Officials

Editor and Publisher ^ | 13 Feb 2007 | Greg Mitchell

[P-40]

has directed his staff to "ignore national stories quoting unnamed sources."

I guess they will stick to the weather from now on. :)

[Eagles6]

Wonder if that'll hold true for stories denigrating our Armed forces, lying about Marines or condemning prewar intelligence?

[FLOutdoorsman]

Exactly. That would be a headline!

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

[He also called on other news outlets to join this policy.]

I'm sure the NY Times will line right up behind this.

[Loyal Buckeye]

Wonder if that'll hold true for stories denigrating our Armed forces, lying about Marines or condemning prewar intelligence?

Like other public radio stations, I'm sure they will have balanced reporting about the military, the Iraq war, and the WOT.

They will continue to have on experts who are really, really, really against the Iraq war, the military, etc. and others, representing the opposite viewpoint, who are really, really against the Iraq war, the military, etc.

[Cicero]

"ignore national stories quoting unnamed sources."

Translation: "ignore national stories quoting unnamed sources unless they are leaked or invented by leftists."

[Txsleuth]

Sounds like they want to be ostrich's..and keep out all of the "bad" news..

Hey..I don't trust Reuters or the AP either..but that doesn't mean I don't want to know what they are reporting.

[HardStarboard]

That policy would result in a lot of one page newspapers followed by an abbreviated sports section.

Not all bad!

[SAJ]

You wonder!?!?!

I assume your comment was rhetorical in the extreme.

[VeniVidiVici]

This new rule is right after the one that says, "Thou shalt not report party of alleged perp as Democrat, unless 20 paragraphs have passed or, if said story is less than two pages, not at all"

[Gene Eric]

The Agenda !

[Gene Eric]

>> Wonder if that'll hold true for stories denigrating our Armed forces, lying about Marines or condemning prewar intelligence?

Of course not. It's amazing how the media is sickened by it's own principles when applied evenly to those with whom they despise; i.e., the good guys.

[taxesareforever]

The news director of the public radio station in Santa Fe, New Mexico, has directed his staff to "ignore national stories quoting unnamed sources." He also called on other news outlets to join this policy.

What a revolutionary idea. Guess that will remove all global warming articles from the paper since 99 per cent of them say "scientists" or "experts". Names please.

[Felis_irritable]

Puh-leeze. It's the **public radio station** let's not expect them to decline to quote "unnamed sources" with negative information about conservatives.

My cynicism quotient goes up a little every day.

[Eagles6]

Of course.

[RobRoy]

Did I miss something? Did the story about the weapons from Iran turn out to be false?

[Mike Darancette]

I'm sure they would have little trouble quoting unnamed sources that said George Bush is Hitler.

[PA Engineer]

Funny. Unnamed sources is the modus operandi of the occupation media.

[SAJ]

(g!)

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