I agree with your sentiment but what I find difficult to swallow is that if somebody at the Phoenix, lets say Terry, was rumoured to have said "The Dom Post is full of lies and deliberate deceipt" (this has not happened by the way if your reading Mr "Domininion Post"!) then the Dom Post would have no trouble at all printing his name all over the article and attributing the quote to him. However, should the reverse occur, as in this article where information about Terry Serepisos is apparently supplied and the "source" of their information is not printed, I believe that to be very unfair.
All it is doing is deliberately misleading its readers and helping them form misguided opinions about Terry Serepisos. I for one think that it is poor journalism and they should man up and stand by their alleged sources to show that they actually have fatual information on the subject.
If they aren't willing to do this then they should f*ck off and let us enjoy the upcoming football season without the fear of impending doom!
Perhaps the DP source simply doesn't want to be named? If journalists name sources who asked for confidentiality/anonimity, their career is pretty much goneski.
If people aren't willing to stand by their comments then maybe they shouldn't comment in the first place!