The Facts: Maharlika TV (https://maharlika.tv/…/leni-may-hukbo-ng-photoshop…/) came out with an article about a team of photo manipulators who decided to bolt out from the camp of Leni Robredo because they can no longer stomach what they are doing.
The article was based solely on a source just named J.R., whom they described as a photo editor who started his work with the Leni Robredo camp in November 21 and left because he cannot “stomach” what he was made to do.
J.R. was quoted extensively in the article. Among his “confessions” was the use of pink balloons in drone shots to simulate people and that he and his team were paid P70,000 to P100,000.
Other than J.R., there was no other background of the source.
Using an anonymous source is walking on a fine line between credibility and fabrication.
The Associated Press (https://www.ap.org/…/telling-the-story/anonymous-sources) has these guidelines that say anonymous sources may only be use if:
1. The material is information and not opinion or speculation, and is vital to the report.
2. The information is not available except under the conditions of anonymity imposed by the source.
3. The source is reliable, and in a position to have direct knowledge of the information.
Read the full story on The Baguio Chronicle.