Comments for Anonymous Sources http://www.anonymoussources.org Dedicated to detailing the uses and abuses of unnamed sourcing in journalism Tue, 16 Feb 2010 06:06:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on Unnamed source tracker by Anonymous Sources » Unnamed source tracker « Site Super Tracker http://www.anonymoussources.org/?p=49&cpage=1#comment-36 Anonymous Sources » Unnamed source tracker « Site Super Tracker Tue, 16 Feb 2010 06:06:29 +0000 http://www.anonymoussources.org/?p=49#comment-36 [...] Today found this great post, here is a quick excerpt : A Web developer has created a clever anonymous source tracker. It looks for various phrases (e.g., “a source close to” or “a person familiar with”) and posts the offending passage. It also tallies the number of unnamed sourcing in … Read the rest of this great post Here [...] [...] Today found this great post, here is a quick excerpt : A Web developer has created a clever anonymous source tracker. It looks for various phrases (e.g., “a source close to” or “a person familiar with”) and posts the offending passage. It also tallies the number of unnamed sourcing in … Read the rest of this great post Here [...]

]]> Comment on The routine falsity of anonymous sourced reporting by Guy Montag http://www.anonymoussources.org/?p=44&cpage=1#comment-12 Guy Montag Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:00:22 +0000 http://www.anonymoussources.org/?p=44#comment-12 No surprises in "The Tillman Story" for those who have closely followed the Tillman story over the past five years. If you would like to learn more, I believe the single best short introduction to the Tillman story is Gary Smith’s Sports Illustrated's (9-11-06) cover story "Remember My Name." I've placed a link to that article in my document "Remember the Iconoclast, Not the Icon" at http://www.feralfirefighter.blogspot.com . . . In his book, “Where Men Win Glory,” Jon Krakauer blamed the Bush administration and the Army for the whitewash of Pat Tillman's death. However, the cover-up has actually been a thoroughly bi-partisan affair. In particular, the Democratic Congress and the Obama Presidency have protected General Stanley McChrystal from scrutiny and punishment for his central role in the handling of the aftermath of Pat Tillman's friendly-fire death. If you would like to learn more, I've posted several detailed documents to the Feral Firefighter blog that focus especially on the actions taken to protect General Stanley McChrystal from punishment for his role in the cover-up by Congressman Henry Waxman, Senator James Webb (along with Senators Carl Levin and John McCain), the New York Times Pentagon Reporter Thom Shanker, and the Washington think-tank Center for a New American Security's (CNAS) Andrew Exum. . . . And,the binder “Battle for the Truth” discusses the parallels between Pat Tillman and Jonathan (Yoni) Netanyahu who died at the Raid on Entebbe in 1976. No surprises in “The Tillman Story” for those who have closely followed the Tillman story over the past five years.

If you would like to learn more, I believe the single best short introduction to the Tillman story is Gary Smith’s Sports Illustrated’s (9-11-06) cover story “Remember My Name.” I’ve placed a link to that article in my document “Remember the Iconoclast, Not the Icon” at http://www.feralfirefighter.blogspot.com

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In his book, “Where Men Win Glory,” Jon Krakauer blamed the Bush administration and the Army for the whitewash of Pat Tillman’s death. However, the cover-up has actually been a thoroughly bi-partisan affair.

In particular, the Democratic Congress and the Obama Presidency have protected General Stanley McChrystal from scrutiny and punishment for his central role in the handling of the aftermath of Pat Tillman’s friendly-fire death.

If you would like to learn more, I’ve posted several detailed documents to the Feral Firefighter blog that focus especially on the actions taken to protect General Stanley McChrystal from punishment for his role in the cover-up by Congressman Henry Waxman, Senator James Webb (along with Senators Carl Levin and John McCain), the New York Times Pentagon Reporter Thom Shanker, and the Washington think-tank Center for a New American Security’s (CNAS) Andrew Exum.

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And,the binder “Battle for the Truth” discusses the parallels between Pat Tillman and Jonathan (Yoni) Netanyahu who died at the Raid on Entebbe in 1976.

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