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Why is it risky for journalists to rely on confidential sources?
The information cannot easily be verified.
- The information cannot easily be verified ✔
- Sources always lie
- It saves too much time
Why: Keeping sources confidential makes it hard to verify information and can affect credibility.
Huh, didn't know that: Keeping sources confidential makes it hard to verify information and can affect credibility.
A secret source can be a shaky foundation.
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Answer: The information cannot easily be verified. Keeping sources confidential makes it hard to verify information and can affect credibility.
- Journalism en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journalism
there is also a risk to the journalist's credibility, as there is no way to verify whether the information is valid
Checked 2026-11-07.
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