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To: Katherine Derbyshire who wrote (7895)	6/4/1999 11:02:00 PM
From: Demosthenes	Respond to of 10921

Katherine, <<And should be mine, too, I guess. Only in journalism, they call protecting your sources "good ethics," not "arrogance." Credibility comes from quoting sources who are accurate, not necessarily from naming those sources. Just because he's a CEO speaking for his company, that doesn't mean he's right. Just because he's a fab engineer hiding to protect his job, that doesn't mean he's wrong.>> And when someone has a track record of integrity we come to give them some extra leeway. I the case in question, we don't know what this guy's record is or who he is, unlike someone like yourself. My whole family is in journalism and writes for national and foriegn papers and we have lots of arguments over this kind of issue. One time when my father was with the LA Times covering the Iranian Airbus we shot down many years ago in the Persian Gulf I gave him hell for using the word "reportedly" ten times in one piece. As I told him then, except for the people who already believe in your integrity, this story is worthless. You can call this "good ethics" if you wish, and in certain cases I'd agree. On the other hand, it has been my observation (having been on assignment with a family member many times among droves of journalists) that it is much easier to "protect their sources" than to do the job right, or in fact admit there is really no job to do. If you have further comments, please send them privately since this is not the place to continue this. As ever, D Ps. My Dad is reporting from Kosovo now. I must review his stories and see how he rates on the "reportedly" odometer. ha ha