Saturday, November 19, 2005

Hadley's turn in the spotlight

The Times (of London) has this piece on Stephen Hadley's possible involvement in Plamegate. Was he or was he not Woodward's source?

Speaking of which, here's more from Kevin Drum: "Bob Woodward's signature journalistic method is to seek out interviews with dozens upon dozens of movers and shakers, grant them all anonymity, and then repeat their often self-serving words to his readers without providing any clue about who's saying what or why they're saying it. If the extensive and uncritical use of confidential sources is indeed objectionable, then Woodward is the high priest of objectionable."

Anonymous sources may often be useful and ought to be protected, but Woodward has shown us what can happen when that "method" is abused.

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