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Amazing. So the journalists at your newspaper obviously do not protect their confidential informants, since this is your policy.

There is an extremely long history of what happens to whistle blowers and it isn't pretty. Do you deny that outting government, police and corporate corruption is dangerous and anonymity is often necessary to do so without one's self and family being exposed to great harm? What newspaper do you work for again?

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Woah, I didn't say all that. We are a small newspaper and I really doubt we have informants.

Like I said before our "newsroom" doesn't do much reporting other than sitting in on Town Hall meetings and reporting on press releases, our police department isn't very cooperative with us.

I believe anonymity is important especially when someones life can potential be put in harms way. I believe this is why we have witness protection.

My frustrations are about the commenters who would rather spread hate than ideas or engage in friendly debate.

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