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An anonymous tip that nearly landed Time magazine reporter Matthew Cooper in jail probably was not valuable enough to justify a promise of confidentiality, his editor said Tuesday.
Norman Pearlstine, editor in chief of Time Inc., said reporters covering Washington are too quick to offer total anonymity in exchange for information.
“A 90-second conversation with the president’s spin doctor . . . probably didn’t deserve confidential source status,” Pearlstine said during a panel discussion sponsored by Court TV.
