It simply is not cost affective to cover stories from independent sources.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
If you don't think there is any value in the work I, or any other serious journalists do, then don't spend your money on it. At least you have the choice.
It's impossible for an editor to know every source for every story.
The friends of tabloid newspapers often point out that their journalism exists only because millions of people pay money to read it.
Journalism is not writing.
There is no concept more generally cherished by publishers than that of the Undeserving Poor.
Documentaries can embrace contradictions in a way that journalism can't.
A lot of compelling stories in the world aren't being told, and the fact that people don't know about them compounds the suffering.
The job of the press is to encourage debate, not to supply the public with information.
My sense is that, when you look at what people such as former Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein have said over the years, you don't go with a story unless you have two independent sources to confirm it.
Truth can be costly, but in the end it never falls short of value for the price paid.