The Fool wrote:
> In this he is clear: quotes are quotes. One does not attribute a quote,
> even to an unnamed source, that a person did not state. This is among the
> most basic of journalistic ethics taught in first year Journalism 101
> courses. And Weisman's Washington Post editor, Jill Dutt, appears to
> agree.
But it *is* OK to take the word of a pre-teen as to what his mother and
aunt have said in the wake of a family tragedy when he's the only one who
will speak to any member of the press, and then attribute the quotes
directly to them without mentioning that the source is only 11 or 12 years
old....
Julia
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