Journalists report what sources say and do. They can’t report what sources think, believe or feel.

/ 14 Aug 2021

Report what sources say and do, not what they think, feel, or believe. Bad example: Jim Smith's greatest fear is sausage. Good example: "I have nightmares about sausage," said Jim Smith, whose trip to the Dairy Air Farm took a turn for the wurst Friday when he dropped his keys into a meat grinder.

Similar:

Trump, Obama seem equally disinterested in portrait unveiling -- but journalism takes hits...
Practice, practice, practice. Making many things in #Blender3D. Arranging them to make a t...
The history of Tetris randomizers
Twitter suspends Trump's account
‘Broken Age’ Review
Making Interactive Fiction Mainstream: Readers