"non-sourced allegation"

[Jonathan Lighter]

Doesn't "non-sourced" just mean "anonymous; unattributed"?

Herman Cain has been having some trouble with such allegations today.

JL

On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 11:38 AM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:
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> Apparently this is what you call an accusation about your candidate that =
> you can't directly refudiate.
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> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/30/herman-cain-sexual-harassment-acc=
> usations_n_1066487.html
> "Are you denying it ever happened, J.D. Gordon?" Geraldo asked.
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> "What I'm saying is that these are thin allegations, that this is =
> non-sourced," Gordon answered. "And so right now, we're just trying to =
> put this into perspective for you -- that this is not even a sourced =
> allegation."=20
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