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Jeffrey Rosen, TNR and the anonymous smears against Sonia Sotomayor

The gossipy hit piece aimed at a potential Supreme Court nominee illustrates how toxic is anonymity-based "journalism."

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  • Tuesday, May 5, 2009 10:13 AM

    As far as I'm concerned, this is Rosen's opinion, his whole opinion, and nothing but his opinion

    Because those so-called sources are anonymous, I have no idea whether or not they even exist. I can only conclude that the "many reservations about Sotomayor" he lists are his opinions exclusively and after reviewing non-anonymous sources, that Rosen is but an uninformed OpEd writer with issues.

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