{"id":2128,"date":"2008-02-01T09:09:26","date_gmt":"2008-02-01T17:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=2128"},"modified":"2008-02-01T09:10:54","modified_gmt":"2008-02-01T17:10:54","slug":"slimy-journalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=2128","title":{"rendered":"Slimy Journalism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Evan Gahr writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p> I just read the <a href=\"http:\/\/jewishjournal.com\/home\/preview.php?id=18014\">Jewish Journal story about you<\/a>. The piece relies heavily on anonymous sources which is slimy because you don&#8217;t know your accusers and without their name attached to the accusation they can speak without regard to truth or accuracy.  <\/p>\n<p>The New York Times has strict standards for anonymous sources. Basically there must be a compelling reason, such as the person is divulging information without authorization. They would never publish a story like this with its anonymous sniping.   <\/p>\n<p>The anonymous sources are all the more ironic because the piece accuses you of being a gossip monger however by quoting anonymous critics the article traffics in crude gossip.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--adsense--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Evan Gahr writes: I just read the Jewish Journal story about you. 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