Some imbecile was proving to me that Bob Woodward's use of anonymous sources was connected to the fact, not previously known to me, that the "MSM" and Hillary Clinton were in conspiratorial cahoots in the 2016 campaign:
An anonymous source confirms that his other anonymous sources are telling the truth https://t.co/w0s3ezyEOF— Dinesh D'Souza (@DineshDSouza) September 12, 2018
Then again you've never found out how historians work either, though you actually pretend to do it yourself.— Yasphalt Jungle (@Yastreblyansky) September 12, 2018
You don't know how journalists work either. You're quoting from the rule book (which is very good), not from the technique book. "Sparingly" means "only if it's necessary to get the story", which in practice can be a lot, as when the sources' jobs or lives are on the line.— Yasphalt Jungle (@Yastreblyansky) September 12, 2018