A Distinction Without A Difference

By Kleinheider Posted on July 15, 2008 at 10:38 am

Rob Huddleston on the reporting of a public record:

A.C. at Post Politics won’t reveal his source. As a former MSM journalist, I can respect that normally. Here though, it seems silly. A.C. is protecting a source who gave him information about a public document that anyone can access. Sorry, but is that really a source of great information? Perhaps someone will reveal to me that it’s only 48 days until it’s Football Time in Tennessee - should I anonymously let y’all in on that piece of public knowledge? If there is a reason that A.C. is protecting his source for their actions this time around, then it’s journalistic integrity. If A.C. is keeping their name out of the press for some future information that might not be a public record, that’s opportunism. There is a genuine distinction.

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