Anonymous sources in newspapers of December 17

South Asia Check / December 18, 2016

Kantipur report headlined “Forest land leased out to cable car company in breach of law” by Abdullah Miyan datelined Kathmandu has quoted unnamed sources in four instances: An official at the Ministry of Forest, officials at the Ministry of Forest and a source associated with the forest office in two instances.

Kantipur report headlined “Operating arbitrarily in lack of standards” by Krishna Acharya datelined Kathmandu has quoted unnamed source in one instance: An official at the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transportation.

Nagarik report headlined “Big co-cooperatives under suspicion, could be holding huge amounts of black money” by Balkrishna Gyawali datelined Kathmandu has quoted unnamed sources in three instances: An official at the Department of Co-operatives in two instances, and a senior government official.

Nagarik report headlined “Pension pressure on state coffers” by Arjun Subedi datelined Kathmandu has quoted unnamed sources in two instances: A source associated with the Ministry of Finance and an official at the Ministry of Finance.

The Kathmandu Post report headlined “Talk about keeping bill inactive rumours: PM” by Roshan Sedhai datelined Kathmandu has quoted unnamed source in one instance: A leader.

Republica report headlined “Protests, cashes in Province 5 districts” datelined Kathmandu has quoted unnamed source in one instance: An eyewitness. This report does not carry a byline.

This material is copyrighted but may be used for any purpose by giving due credit to southasiacheck.org.

Comments