An anonymous tip that nearly landed Time magazine reporter Matthew Cooper in jail probably was not valuable enough to justify a promise of confidentiality, his editor said Tuesday.Time Editor: Info Not Worth Secret Source
Norman Pearlstine, editor in chief of Time Inc., lamented that reporters covering Washington have become too quick to offer total anonymity in exchange for information.
"A 90-second conversation with the president's spin doctor, who was trying to undermine a whistle-blower, probably didn't deserve confidential source status," Pearlstine said during a panel discussion sponsored by Court TV.
You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once. - Robert A. Heinlein -
Tuesday, August 16, 2005
What Liberal Media?
Oy.
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