Who is the “source” when media says they have a source or insider?

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This leads me to believe a lot of things are curated and high public figures have control of their image. Or does a source mean someone that ratted out about their personal lives like.. creeps? Like “Celebrity Y was seen out with Celebrity X, the insider source says they’re just getting to know each other and having fun.”

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A source is a source of information. Each piece of information that gets reported does have some sort of source, the reporter did get the information from somewhere. This can be a public source like a press release or a named person. But it can also be a secret source, someone who does not want their name to be published as the source for whatever reason.

An insider is someone who is inside a certain circle where secrets are being told. This may for example be a member of a project in a company or a member of the entaurage of a celebraty. An insider usually knows a lot more about something then the reporter, who stand on the outside. But an insider may leak information out to the reporter.

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