Does the protection of sources apply if they have lied to you (not just got it wrong or been misinformed themselves)? Feels like the deal should be that if the source deliberately burns the journalist then that bond is broken and the source is fair game. Not suggesting it happened in this case but more thinking about whether Peston and bbclaurak have a duty to protect their senior source who often provides duff information.
Does the protection of sources apply if they have lied to you (not just got it wrong or been misinformed themselves)? Feels like the deal should be that if the source deliberately burns the journalist then that bond is broken and the source is fair game. Not suggesting it happened in this case but more thinking about whether Peston and bbclaurak have a duty to protect their senior source who often provides duff information.