Anonymous sources in newspapers of July 18

South Asia Check / July 30, 2017

Annapurna Post report headlined “’Party in danger if factionalism does not end’” by Ram Krishna Adhikari datelined Kathmandu has quoted unnamed source in one instance: A member of CPN (Maoist Centre) Secretariat.

Kantipur report headlined “Sluggish Deuba” by Kulchandra Neupane datelined Kathmandu has quoted unnamed sources in two instances: A senior leader from the Nepali Congress and a ministerial aspirant from Nepali Congress.

The Kathmandu Post headlined “Cabinet expansion most likely on Thursday” datelined Kathmandu has quoted unnamed sources in two instances: A leader privy to the meeting and a leader from Nepali Congress. This story doesn’t carry a byline.

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