Ok, clueless question here. Doesn’t independent confirmation include direct contact with a primary source (John Kelly in this case)? Wouldn’t referring to another publication be more like dependent confirmation? I’m never quite sure what this phrase means.
The NBC article refers to statements Kelly made on CNN and what The Atlantic published. Is that independent? I can’t seem to find anything super definitive online about the phrase’s meaning.
Ok, clueless question here. Doesn’t independent confirmation include direct contact with a primary source (John Kelly in this case)? Wouldn’t referring to another publication be more like dependent confirmation? I’m never quite sure what this phrase means.
It means ABC could have contacted John Kelly just like NBC did.
The NBC article refers to statements Kelly made on CNN and what The Atlantic published. Is that independent? I can’t seem to find anything super definitive online about the phrase’s meaning.