what does “sources:” mean at the start of internet articles?
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That would lead to a list of what they used for theirninformation, such as a scientific journal or an article written elsewhere.
Whenever you post something, you need to list the websites, news articles, or scientific papers where you got the information, so that the readers of your post can go and verify that you’re not lying or posting fake news. So the list of websites that you used for your data is called the “sources” or the “references” list.
Reddit and the web in general lets us [create links like this](https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/elements-list-entry) so you can just click to go check the source, but for more “formal” articles like a news piece or something that you would have to submit for school, you have to create a “separate” list and not just links.
So there are [different “formal” ways](https://pitt.libguides.com/citationhelp) of listing your sources:
* The APA (American Psychology Association) style is popular with news articles and university papers, it lists the name of the author and the date of the publication (how recent it is), which are important for news and for school work.
* The MLA (Modern Language Association) style is also popular, it’s used extensively for printed work (research articles, formal publications in science journals, etc.).
It’s hedging rumors/not official news about something vs. actual news. If there are rumors that a team is going to hire somebody as their new coach, but it hasn’t been confirmed by the parties involved (team or coach), there hasn’t been a press release or news conference, etc. but maybe some staffer of the team leaked to the media, or the coach’s agent told another team he was no longer on the market, or a limo driver overheard the coach on the phone, etc. Typically, the media would want a couple different sources to confirm a rumor before going public with it.
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