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How should you read unnamed sources and leaks?

  • Written by Anthony Fargo, Director, Center for International Media Law and Policy Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington
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During my 13-year career in professional journalism, I rarely encountered issues with confidential sources or leaks directly. But during graduate school I became fascinated by the legal complications of journalists protecting sources and have written about the right to speak anonymously for nearly 20 years.

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