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Sure, some journalists use anonymous sources just because they’re lazy, and I think editors ought to insist on more precise identification even if they remain anonymous.

Ben Bradlee
Thinking, Editors, Lazy
"Watergate: 25 Years Later". Online discussion, www.washingtonpost.com. June 17, 1997.
Sure, some journalists use anonymous sources just because they’re lazy, and I think editors ought to insist on more precise identification even if they remain anonymous.