no, the source is not the document, the document comes from a source.
In a journalistic context, a source is a person. That's why words like "my source" are used.
In a journalistic context, a source is a person. That's why words like "my source" are used.
Ex: lets say New York Times reporter was let into Twitter HQ for some kind of interview. The reporter noticed that a computer was open, so they stuck a thumb-drive in and grabbed the document.
No human source, but the document is likely valid.
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Alternatively, Twitter could have posted some document to an internal Slack or Discord meeting, and New York Times reporter may have the know-how to enter into those private channels or grab something from Discord.
There's no reason to assume that they worked with a Twitter insider to grab this document. Not everything is a leak. Old school Journalism is basically spycraft, a reporter can sometimes just grab something to get a good scoop.
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Or maybe the slides were just laying around on a table, printed out. Etc. etc. So maybe its not a computer document at all, but a bunch of slides that they dug out of the dumpster.
You’re literally commenting on an article citing “an internal presentation obtained by The New York Times.”