NC Reporter 1, CN Agency 0

Agency ran anonymous-source story, quoting source at length in great detail, identifying him as one of a dozen or so who attended a closed-door meeting, apparently never asking or even wondering about the other eleven, in any case not naming or referring to them.

Reporter ran two stories, bang, bang, in which two of the attendees shot down Anonymous and with him the Agency.

Lesson: Do not go anonymous when the other guy can check it out, even if the other guy and you agree in no major issues and had to wonder how such a good thing could fall in his (their) lap.

Question: Has the Agency learned that?

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