
This is one story that would have been improved immeasurably if, for a change, the reporter had tried to convince any of his sources to go off the record: "'O'Donnell is looking like a real porker these days—omigod you can't tell him I said that,' one source exclaimed." "Another source, who spoke on condition of anonymity since it could compromise his relationship with his fellow legislators, cited a colleague who swears he heard from a junior staffer that he totally saw Senator Schneiderman, sticking his finger down his throat in the statehouse bathroom." Et cetera.