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Mr. Am I Being Detained

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Anonymous sources are not anonymous to the reporter, they are people known to the reporter who agrees to conceal their identity to shield them from the consequences of acting as their source

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Aaron Huertas's avatar Aaron Huertas @aaronhuertas.bsky.social
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I can't just show up to a reporter's house with a bag over my head to get some shit off my chest

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Sinboy's avatar Sinboy @sinboy.bsky.social
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Here to point out that Trump has pretended to be a source for stories about himself. There's speculation he called news shows anonymously pretending to be someone else so he could brag about himself.

www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

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N. Cognito's avatar N. Cognito @ncogneato.bsky.social
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Argh, I did NOT know there were people who thought this. Holy crap. We gotta do better at teaching media literacy, all the angles.

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