Re: Coulthart. The whole point of protecting sources is because the substance of their message is credibly delivered by his message as a journalist. What message is Coulthart delivering, exactly, that is enhanced by him vs. his sources? Because at this point, it’s just him saying things.


Re: Coulthart. The whole point of protecting sources is because the substance of their message is credibly delivered by his message as a journalist. What message is Coulthart delivering, exactly, that is enhanced by him vs. his sources? Because at this point, it’s just him saying things.

He should know better than anyone by now that, for example, revealing the location of a massive UFO should have no effect on “tHe sAfEtY” of your sources if you, as a responsible journalist, explored the countless+ witnesses who have spoken to you otherwise. No “massive” base exists in such isolation that it is so dangerous to simply say “yep, I [anonymously] lived around there and went there for work”

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