Anonymous sourcing is a plague. It's gone from last resort to standard fare. The Trump-era feeding frenzy (a result of constant White House leaks) is Exhibit A.

That said, certain people own sufficient credibility to receive benefit of the doubt. @JeffreyGoldberg is one of them.

I realize that's a slippery slope. We're overdue for an industry reckoning over best practices & uniform standards. Even so, stars are always gonna play by their own rules; if @maggieNYT writes an A1 bombshell based on ten blind sources I won't mind because I know it's accurate.

Anyway, here's the blockbuster report from Jeff detailing the president's callousness with regard to military sacrifice. Read it. Consider the context. Scrutinize the author. Think critically about who his sources are. It passes every smell test. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/09/trump-americans-who-died-at-war-are-losers-and-suckers/615997/