Watergate: Deep Throat was an unimportant source
Barry Sussman, editor of the Watchdog Project of the Nieman Foundation and at the time of the Watergate scandal special Watergate editor at the Washington Post, writes in an article on journalism.org: “The reason Deep Throat remained anonymous, so that even Post Editors didn’t know who he was, is that his contribution was unimportant. Don’t believe for a minute that Bradlee wouldn’t have asked his name had the Post’s reputation been riding on what he was telling us." He explains that Deep Throat/Mark Felt, despite all the myths about him, was in fact helping the newspaper only once and then only approving facts which the reporters had already found out by themselves. His article gives a new perspective of the whole scandal and the persons involved, and puts the current debate on anonymous sources into new light (see former posting)
Source: journalism.org
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