Anonymous sources harm credibility of all stories

Newspaper Research Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 54-66

  Sternadori, Miglena Mantcheva ^a   Thorson, Esther ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 85015737586     PISSN: 07395329     EISSN: 23764791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/073953290903000405     Document Type: Article

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