02909nam 2200697Ia 450 991046427880332120200520144314.01-283-07015-497866130701590-252-09318-6(CKB)3390000000006670(OCoLC)741558448(CaPaEBR)ebrary10532363(SSID)ssj0000544446(PQKBManifestationID)11352949(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000544446(PQKBWorkID)10553511(PQKB)10272114(MiAaPQ)EBC3413891(StDuBDS)EDZ0000649207(MdBmJHUP)muse23686(Au-PeEL)EBL3413891(CaPaEBR)ebr10532363(CaONFJC)MIL307015(OCoLC)923493484(EXLCZ)99339000000000667020100831d2011 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrOn the condition of anonymity[electronic resource] unnamed sources and the battle for journalism /Matt CarlsonUrbana University of Illinois Pressc20111 online resource (217 p.) The history of communicationBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-252-07885-3 0-252-03599-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction : the problems-and promise-of unnamed sources -- Media culpas : prewar reporting mistakes at the New York times and Washington post -- "Blogs 1, CBS 0" : 60 minutes and the Killian memos controversy -- Journalists fight back : Newsweek and the Koran abuse story -- Deep Throat and the question of motives -- "Journalism on trial" : confidentiality and the Plame leak case -- Rethinking anonymity : problems and solutions.Matt Carlson confronts the promise and perils of unnamed sources in this exhaustive analysis of controversial episodes in American journalism during the George W. Bush administration, from prewar reporting mistakes at the New York Times and Washington Post to the Valerie Plame leak case and Dan Rather's lawsuit against CBS News.History of communication.Attribution of newsReporters and reportingUnited StatesJournalismPolitical aspectsUnited StatesJournalistic ethicsUnited StatesElectronic books.Attribution of news.Reporters and reportingJournalismPolitical aspectsJournalistic ethics070.4/3Carlson Matt1977-899698MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910464278803321On the condition of anonymity2010278UNINA