A Canadian Press article written last month about former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould did not meet the Star or CP’s standards for using unnamed sources. “(T)he Star’s journalistic standards have long stipulated that nameless people can’t use the Star to sling mud at others in the news,” writes Kathy English. The Timson Rule lives on in the recently updated Torstar Journalistic Standards Guide. “The Canadian Press has detailed policies on the handling of anonymous sources,” says the statement, now published online with the Star’s previously edited version of the story. Its detailed note about how it fell short of its journalistic standards shows admirable transparency and accountability to Canadians.

Source: thestar March 07, 2019 20:48 UTC