New York
That's how New Yorker editor
David Remnick responds to
Kurt Andersen's question about
Seymour Hersh’s use of anonymous sources. (USA Today
rarely uses anonymous sources.) ANDERSEN'S VIEW: "I think very few people ... have any real opinion on anonymous sources. And I bet most of those use the methodological cavil as a cover for political disagreement, criticizing anonymous sourcing because they object to what some anonymous source has said."
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In DC, even compliments are delivered in the press anonymously (CQ)