As Liberals are so fond of saying about gun control, "NO Right is absolute".

We fiercely defend the Right to Free Speech and the Freedom of the Press but in return, we expect a certain amount of journalistic integrity.

Every good editor knows, "anonymous sources" are the BANE of the news industry. In their desire to be the "first" to press, WaPo and NYT have both enabled the Deep State leakers AND compromised their OWN integrity by printing story after story that can't be verified with actual sources. 

Once you start down that path, you are no better than the National Enquirer...