Sure. Anonymous sources should be allowed to be a basis for an article. I get asked all the time for my opinion in many neighborhood affairs and I speak on the condition of anonymity.
One reason is because of my "stature" in the neighborhood. People would accuse me of impropriety and sticking my nose into other people's business. Just because I have a position within the community does not mean I'm no longer allowed to have an opinion.
Second is because I sometimes don't want my opinion saddled with my name. Just like using our screennames here, we have a level of anonymity from our real world lives.
Note what I used here to describe what I've mentioned, my OPINION.
But if we're talking about something like Watergate or whistleblowers, it's important for the anonymous' opinion to lead to facts that can be corroborated into something. Otherwise, suspicion is in my view equal to an opinion.
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