Anonymous sources are becoming increasingly common in the world of journalism. Even major international news reporting agencies have come to rely on them over the years. Anonymity can affect a story's credibility, but sometimes it is only through unnamed sources that valuable information can be obtained. A good example of this scenario can be found in the film, ‘All The President’s Men’, about the Watergate Scandal. I personally think that without anonymous sources, there would have been no Watergate story. This is because most of the sources that Woodward and Bernstein had were high-ranking officials. Without guaranteed anonymity, the officials would have put themselves at a high risk of losing their jobs and potentially their lives when
