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Do journalists really out lying sources? Haven't seen it
Glenn, you've written several times something similar to this quote from your article:
There is a widely accepted journalistic principle that reporters are not required to conceal the identity of anonymous sources who feed them false information with the intent to induce the journalist to disseminate the falsehoods. In fact, in such a situation, there is an obligation on the part of the reporter to reveal who the sources are who passed on those lies.
I see no evidence that such a principle actually exists and is followed. Sources lie to journalists, and journalists go back to the same sources, again and again.