On Mon, Apr 07, 2008 at 06:18:16PM -0500, SlimVirgin wrote:
But we have no idea most of the time whether what our sources say is accurate. All we can do is try to make sure we use good sources; use in-line attribution wherever appropriate; and make sure our readers can trace our line of reasoning so they can judge it for themselves.
Proposal: An editor who has no idea whether what a source says is accurate really shouldn't be editing that article using that source.
- Carl