We need to do a better job explaining journalistic processes to the public. People don’t understand that anonymous sources are not anonymous to the journalist - they are kept anonymous in the press to allow people to come forward with protection. https://twitter.com/flotus/status/1302011438647701504

What sources say is not taken at face value, and goes through rigorous checks and verification before publication. That is indeed journalism.

It’s only by being open to the public about how newsgathering works in reality we can counter this kind of false narrative - which sounds plausible to many - I mean would you believe something whispered anonymously? It needs to be clearer that’s not how anonymous sources work.