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Wednesday, September 11, 2019

25 Times ‘The Atlantic’ Used Single Anonymous Sources to Smear Trump Family

A new article from The Atlantic, titled Ivanka Trump’s Fight for the Trump Dynasty, used single anonymous sources at least twenty-five times to smear the Trump family.

McKay Coppins, a staff writer for The Atlantic and the author of the piece, described certain instances regarding members of the Trump family and would follow it up with an unknown source known sometimes in the work as a “former aide” or a “former White House official.”

Other examples throughout the piece were even more vague, as Coppins said things like “people close to the candidate” and “people close to the family.”

A few excerpts from the piece, provided here, show examples of Coppins’ use of anonymous sources.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Everyone on here posts anonymous. You approve of that

Anonymous said...

Yeh 4:38 he even allows trolls like your ignorant ilk to pontificate..but here we offer opionions. Not equating facts to unknown sources from so called outfit that claims to be journalist.

Anonymous said...

Yes. Your comments on this post is to express your opinion and you take that opinion for what it is worth - a opinion, a comment. It is not intended to identify individuals that would just lead to bickering and bullying - it is what is on people's minds without the possibility of that person being condemned. Comment by a blogger.

Anonymous said...

Yes ,...like the anonymous posts here supporting him