Add to that, "anonymous" confidential sources and you have the very definition of fake news because no one can check their sources.
If no one can cross check their sources, they can just make sh*t up and call it "news".
Thankfully, President Trump exposed it as "fake news" and the MSM hasn't been the same since.
If President Trump did nothing else in his presidency than to expose the media as fake news, he has done more than any other president in my lifetime. Count our blessings for this man. He is one of a kind.
Katie Couric’s favorite “some say...blah blah”