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

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003545357

After the latest widely-publicized stories in national newspapers about weapons from Iran allegedly killing Americans in Iraq -- based completely on unnamed sources -- at least one smaller news outlet has had enough of it.

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.

Bill Dupuy sent the following to his news staff.

Effectively immediately and until further notice, it is the policy of KSFR's news department to ignore and not repeat any wire service or nationally published story about Iran, China, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia or any other foreign power that quotes an "unnamed" U.S. official.

What we have suspected and talked about at length before is now becoming clear. "High administration officials speaking on the condition of anonymity," "Usually reliable Washington sources," and others of the like were behind the publicity that added credibility to the need to go to war against Afghanistan and Iraq.

[Supersedeas]

1. Too bad Suzanne Malveaux doesn't subscribe to this notion...

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0702/13/sitroom.03.html

[ChairmanAgnostic]

2. suzanne takes such good DICKtation.

I'd say DarthTation, but I suspect that he has his army of workers do the actual dirty work.

This is great news for news. Now, if others would follow suit.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

3. Hey, Bush: Catapult THIS!

[ItsTheMediaStupid]

4. Gutsy decision. Choosing journalism over hype.

Go on the record, or it doesn't go on the air.

[Judi Lynn]

5. This has to be a first, doesn't it? A news man of principle, not succumbing to heavey coersion

from the right-wing. That invites retaliation, and that's one thing right-wingers can handle, like spreading lies.