> The Wall Street Journal has a long history of thorough research and well-respected publications.

This is a bullshit appeal to authority.

Let's be very clear about the process:

* The WSJ reports the claims of anonymous sources. It bases entire reports off these claims and makes no effort to provide verifiable evidence of what it is reporting.

* When called on the sordid affair the WSJ and its defenders insist the paper is a serious journalist effort.

This happens over and over at major American newspapers to the extreme detriment of the American people. And yet, here we are again in 2018.

Here's an idea: instead of appealing to authority why not provide evidence? Why not make the sources go on record? Or provide verifiable evidence of the source's anonymous claims? Isn't this what journalism actually is?