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ck4829 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-10-06 07:33 PM
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Fox News and WorldNutDaily use more "anonymous sources"
Edited on Fri Nov-10-06 07:34 PM by ck4829
than CBS or ABC.

Check it out.

ABC
abcnews.go.com/
"remain anonymous": 312
"who asked not to be named": 90
Total: 869,000
402/869000=.0004%

CBS
cbsnews.com
"remain anonymous": 205
"who asked not to be named": 61
Total: 383,000
266/383000=.00006%

Fox News
foxnews.com
"remain anonymous": 84 = X<1%
"who asked not to be named": 56 = X<1%
Total: 345,000
140/345000=.001%

WorldNetDaily
worldnetdaily.com
"remain anonymous": 183
"who asked not to be named": 39
Total: 124,000=.0017%

What's up with that?
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gfnrob Donating Member (551 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-10-06 07:53 PM
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1. You have to cite "anonymous" sources when you just make shit up.
:shrug: :shrug: :shrug: :shrug:
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hvn_nbr_2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-10-06 08:38 PM
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2. Exactly. I wonder what the stats are on "some people". nt
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