Anonymity of Sources

Hey ya'll -- so in our class we're watching All The President's Men, the movie about the Watergate scandal. In the movie, there is a huge emphasis about keeping the integrity of anonymous sources. It is extremely crucial to keep anonymous sources just that, anonymous. Without this secrecy, people could get hurt, or even killed.

In my opinion, as long as the source is credible, and the journalist and editor of the paper know that, the source should be allowed to be used whether it is anonymous or not. There is some debate over whether or not anonymous sources should be used or not. If they were never used, though, then there would be many less sources for journalists.

I hope this post makes sense....