The way I see it, or would like to see it, is if you have credible information / sources for "something", but for whatever reason can't specifically name those sources, then just report it stating "credible sources within the team tell me that something something". If even that is too much, ie. you were told "something" but it was so off the record you need to be so hush hush about it you can only "report" it by being so roundabout and mysterious that no one knows anymore if you have information or are just speculating, then just don't report it at all.
I really dislike the kind of reporting that implies and hints and creates the impression the reporter is tapping into sources but "can't tell", so all he can do is to wrap a supposed nugget of information in a cloud of mystery so thick it's really up to the reader what to make of it, or not.
To be clear, I haven't even read Porty's latest comments on Elvis so my comments above are not specific to that or, even to Porty necessary, though sometimes I think he can be prone to not being very clear about separating Porty the professional journalist talking facts and Porty the half-journalist, half-CBJ fan speculating or telling us what he'd like to be true.
I really dislike the kind of reporting that implies and hints and creates the impression the reporter is tapping into sources but "can't tell", so all he can do is to wrap a supposed nugget of information in a cloud of mystery so thick it's really up to the reader what to make of it, or not.
To be clear, I haven't even read Porty's latest comments on Elvis so my comments above are not specific to that or, even to Porty necessary, though sometimes I think he can be prone to not being very clear about separating Porty the professional journalist talking facts and Porty the half-journalist, half-CBJ fan speculating or telling us what he'd like to be true.
