Boing Boing » newswipe http://boingboing.net Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 04:16:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Screenwipe on anonymous sourcing http://boingboing.net/2012/05/14/anonymous-sourcing-avoids-acco.html http://boingboing.net/2012/05/14/anonymous-sourcing-avoids-acco.html#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 14:01:02 +0000 Rob Beschizza http://boingboing.net/?p=160610

In this segment from Charlie Brooker's Newswipe, Heather Brooke highlights the problems of anonymous sources in the UK media, where police spokespersons frequently mislead the public about suspects and investigations. [Video Link]

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