WP Journalists: Identify Your Source

[rucky]

Do it anonymously if you have to. Give the information to the Times and lose out on a scoop. You have to make good on the damage you've caused and the lives you've put in danger. Burning sources is not an ironclad rule in journalism - you only do it when you absolutely have to, and this is such an occasion. Novak & the Post need to answer some questions. They didn't seem to be worried about ethics and their reputation when they printed the story. Just because you get juicy information from a source doesn't mean you have to print the story, and Novak's should have been spiked by the legal department. They screwed up and knowingly put people's lives in danger. Now they should give up their source to make good on the damage that they've caused. If you want to do that and save face, then here's your chance - scoop the Times if you have to. Do it anonymously if you have to. Just do it NOW.