Roman Chervinsky, a colonel in Ukraine’s special operations forces, was integral to the brazen sabotage operation of the Russia-Germany pipeline, say people familiar with the planning.
It used to be that anonymous reporting just meant that they were protecting the informant. We used to be able to trust that major publications were vetting their informants and verifying information from multiple separate sources before reporting major stories.
Now that everything is about reporting as fast as possible for the 24/7 news cycle and Internet, regardless of initial accuracy, it’s impossible to tell if that’s the case or if the “journalist” doesn’t even know their source and credibility because it was completely anonymous.
It used to be that anonymous reporting just meant that they were protecting the informant. We used to be able to trust that major publications were vetting their informants and verifying information from multiple separate sources before reporting major stories.
Now that everything is about reporting as fast as possible for the 24/7 news cycle and Internet, regardless of initial accuracy, it’s impossible to tell if that’s the case or if the “journalist” doesn’t even know their source and credibility because it was completely anonymous.