Comments on: Reporting Information from a Single Source http://patterico.com/2005/05/17/reporting-information-from-a-single-source/ Harangues that just make sense Sun, 21 Mar 2010 18:44:18 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Yi-Ling http://patterico.com/2005/05/17/reporting-information-from-a-single-source/comment-page-1/#comment-12986 Yi-Ling Wed, 18 May 2005 03:32:49 +0000 /?p=3020#comment-12986 <blockquote>certain types of allegations are so serious that they should be subject to the strict <strong>“two-source” rule.</strong></blockquote> Agreed. <blockquote>And anyone who does favor a strict application of that rule should agree that the Newsweek allegation was serious enough to require that standard. </blockquote> Agreed.

certain types of allegations are so serious that they should be subject to the strict “two-source” rule.

Agreed.

And anyone who does favor a strict application of that rule should agree that the Newsweek allegation was serious enough to require that standard.

Agreed.

]]> By: actus http://patterico.com/2005/05/17/reporting-information-from-a-single-source/comment-page-1/#comment-12979 actus Wed, 18 May 2005 00:18:55 +0000 /?p=3020#comment-12979 "I have argued that a media outlet should be allowed to tell its readers something that violates journalism’s “two-source” rule, if it considers the information reliable – as long as the outlet clearly informs its audience that it has no way of verifying the claim. " We can even ask the world wide web consortium to add that disclaimer to "a href" tag “I have argued that a media outlet should be allowed to tell its readers something that violates journalism’s “two-source” rule, if it considers the information reliable – as long as the outlet clearly informs its audience that it has no way of verifying the claim. ”

We can even ask the world wide web consortium to add that disclaimer to “a href” tag

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