>>
>> THERE
>> THERE YOU GO. >>> CHRIS.
>>> CHRIS. >> THIS MORNING PRESIDENT TRUMP
TWEETED THAT NO STORY USING
ANONYMOUS SOURCES SHOULD BE
BELIEVED.
BELIEVED.
BELIEVED. WE WANTED TO USE THIS TIME TO
SPEAK WITH INVESTIGATIVE
JOURNALISTS ABOUT ANONYMOUS
SOURCES.
SOURCES.
SOURCES. WHY THEY PREFER TO NEVER USE
THEM BUT SAY SOME TIMES,
SOMETIMES IT IS NECESSARY.
>> IF THERE IS ONE THING, ONE
ASSET THAT MAKES THE NEWS YOUR
NEWS IT IS CREDIBILITY.
A TRUST THAT IS WHAT IS BEING
REPORTED IS TRUE.
>> ANONYMOUS SOURCES --
>> ANONYMOUS SOURCES.
>> WHEN IT COMES TO CREDIBILITY,
FEW THINGS ARE ETHICALLY
CHALLENGING.
CHALLENGING. >> I WAS A NEWS PAPER REPORTER,
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER AT THE
STAR TRIBUNE.
STAR TRIBUNE. >> AND STEVE.
>> I SPENT 20 YEARS -- BEFORE
COMING BACK TO KARE11.
>> WHAT IS YOUR TAKE?
>> WE WOULD RATHER NOT USE THEM.
AS A GENERAL RULE I TRY TO AVOID
ANONYMOUS SOURCES.
ANONYMOUS SOURCES. >> WHY?
>> WHY?
>> WHY? >> I THINK EVERYBODY DESERVES TO
KNOW WHO IS THE SOURCE.
THERE ARE SOME STORIES THAT ARE
REALLY IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE
HAVE VALUABLE INFORMATION TO
GIVE BUT THEY DON'T WANT TO RISK
THEIR JOB OR THEIR FAMILY'S
LIVELIHOOD.
LIVELIHOOD. >> BECAUSE SOMETIMES ANONHOUSE
SOURCES CAN BE USED ER
RE#1307BS BY.
RE#1307BS BY. SOME OUTLETS USED ANONYMOUS
SOURCES TO REPORT AN EARLY
ARREST IN THE BOSTON MARATHON
BOMBING WHICH WAS UNTRUE.
SHE ADMITTED SHE FABRICATED
THE WHOLE THING.
SOMETIMES AS STEVE SAID,
ANONYMOUS SOURCES IS NECESSARY.
RECORDS REVEALED A BOMBSHELL.
THEY USED D ANONYMOUS SOURCE.
>> VETERANS MORE THAN 100,000
VETERANS ARE GETTING REFUNDS OF
$400 MILLION BECAUSE SOMEBODY
WHO DIDN'T WANT THEIR NAME USED
BUT WANTED TO DO THE RIGHT THING
WAS WILLING TO SHARE THAT
INFORMATION WITH US.
>> AND BRANDON HAD A SOURCE
WHOSE JOB WOULD BE AT STAKE IF
NAMED IN COVERING THE ADRIAN
PETERSON CHILD ABUSE STORY.
>> I FIRST SPOKE WITH MY EDITOR,
TOLD THE PERSON WHO THE SOURCE
WAS.
WAS.
WAS. WE
WAS. WE ALL AGREED THIS WAS GOOD
ENOUGH TO GO WITH WHAT WE HAD.
>> ULTIMATELY, DO YOU THINK KIT
HAVE A NEGATIVE EFFECT ON THE
INDUSTRY AND ON PEOPLE BELIEVING
THEIR NEWS SOURCES?
>> THAT IS WHY WE TRY TO VERIFY
AND TRY TO PUT NAMES AND REAL
IDENTITIES AS OFTEN AS WE CAN.
>> I THINK STEVE JUST SAID IT.
IF YOU ARE GOING TO USE AN
ANONYMOUS SOURCE YOU NEED TO
VERIFY WHAT THEY SAY IN MANY
WAYS.
WAYS.
WAYS. YOU
WAYS. YOU HAVE TO BACK IT UP AND USE
SUPPORTING EVIDENCE THAT WILL
SUPPORT THIS CLAIM.
IT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR READERS
TO LOOK FOR THOSE THINGS.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. WHEN WE USE AN ANONYMOUS SOURCE
WE HAVE EVERY THING LOSE.
THAT PERSON DOESN'T BECAUSE
NOBODY KNOWS WHO THEY ARE.
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT NAME,
THEN IT IS YOU, THE NEWS
PROVIDER, WHO IS TOTALLY
ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT THEY SAY
>> I FIND IT INTERESTING BECAUSE
A LOT OF STORIES ARE A -- WATER
GATE WAS AN