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More troubling than Klein's frequent use of anonymous sources, though, is his habit of granting anonymity to those most of us (including Klein himself) consider terrorists.
"All of us have bosses who are increasingly disturbed by the use of anonymous sources," said Susan Page, the Washington bureau chief for USA Today, who attended the meeting on Friday and attached her name to the e-mail message on Monday.
Mr. Paulson estimates that the paper has reduced its use of anonymous sources by 75percentt.
In principle, news outlets are supposed to be restrictive in their use of anonymous sources.
The Times, amongst others, has cut back heavily on the use of anonymous sources.
How will it affect debates over the use of anonymous sources in journalism?
One element of The Times's reporting does trouble me: the frequent use of "anonymous" sources.
Just about everybody is in agreement about the use of anonymous sources in news stories.
The Post has strict rules on the use of anonymous sources.
One, much fretted over after Iraq and the debacle of the missing WMD, is the use of anonymous sources.
I hope Sullivan will find the rampant use of anonymous sources to be as odious as her predecessors have.
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