That's a hard rule to apply. Sometimes sources lie. Sometimes they're just wrong. (Often - at least in our paper - they're quoted by name; we don't do anonymity very often.) PP has published a good account of how it made this mistake; it's worth your time.
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So you're wondering how they made that mistake, but unwilling to look at the answer? Ok then.
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You should challenge your preconceptions
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My experience with propublica is that they try pretty hard to get the facts right. But yeah, if your main criterion in a news org is a place that won't challenge your worldview, look elsewhere.
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Nor do I. Which is why, in a strange way, a correction improves my trust. (Which is also why my org can be so zealous about them.) But there's a difference - albeit one that's sometimes hard to discern - between a lie and somebody trying to get it right who occasionally fails.
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How about making a list of reliable sources that are not conservative?
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