So often, a media article contains madness.  I've just come across a typical one demanding a response, a sort of "correction".  It's in the Indie (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/north-koreas-long-range-rocket-launch-us-warns-of-serious-consequences-a6858821.html) on 7/2/2016, about N Korea launching a missile.

It starts off with:"The US has said North Korea will face "serious consequences" after launched a long-range rocket in defiance of international warnings."

Leaving aside an silly typo - omitting an "it" - how can the US say anything, or, a bit later in the article, how can Pyongyang insist?  They are places, not people, so the article appears to be deliberately avoiding telling who is the author of these remarks.  Why do they do that? Is it really the case that no-one has said it, and the article's author wants to hide this?

And why does Eleanor Ross, the author of the article, not tell us how she knows this?  What is her source?  Mysteriously, the media rarely tell us how they know things, so we rarely have a chance of assessing the veracity of their articles.

I have heard that journalist never reveal their sources, because they wish to protect them from attack.  Maybe that is occasionally a good idea, but to do it routinely is surely different and unnecessary.