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100%. There are three options. (1) they thought he qualified as “senior”; (2) they knew he didn’t qualify & ID’ed him thusly anyway; (3) they didn’t think about it. As sad: many journalists will look at what his job was & say, “Ya, that’s ‘senior.’” — PolitiTweet.org

This actually goes to the heart of the problem. The Opinion section decision to grant this anonymity and use this t… https://t.co/1GMW7QRqXp

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Just 100% — PolitiTweet.org

@MarkHalperin How much of this is simply to give the impression that the reporter has a higher level of access than they do in reality?

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Never once in my career has a source asked to be ID’ed as “senior,” let alone demanded it. This is done by reporters. Go count how many times in all of 2020 @nytimes cites “senior administration official” vs “administration official.” I don’t think it is close. — PolitiTweet.org

I never understood that business of letting high ranking public officials hide behind the "senior official" tag. E… https://t.co/svVDSTxgGI

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