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January 12, 2007

Dumbass anonymous source quote of the day

You all know how I love anonymous sources. Here's a gem from today's WaPo:
Washington will host the 2007 WNBA All-Star Game, a source with knowledge of the situation said yesterday.
Couldn't have waited until next Tuesday's press conference, huh? Couldn't have gotten someone to go on the record, huh? Just had to be first, didn't ya?

Slate's press critic Jack Shafer (RSS) generally agrees with me on anonymous sources. I e-mailed him this one. His response:
That is so pathetic!
And there you have it.

Posted by josh at January 12, 2007 11:51 AM

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