sourcerer

informal

(informal, journalism) A source that massages information they provide to the press to fit their agenda / (informal, business) A procurement officer, a buyer, someone who sources goods.

Japanese Meaning

（非公式・ジャーナリズム）自社の議題に合わせるために情報を加工する情報源 / （非公式・ビジネス）調達担当者、買付担当者、商品の仕入れを行う人

What is this buttons?

Our investigation stalled because a sourcerer kept massaging facts to suit their agenda.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

私たちの調査は停滞した。というのも、ある自分の方針に合わせて情報を加工する情報提供者が事実を都合よく加工し続けたからだ。

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(informal, journalism) A source that massages information they provide to the press to fit their agenda

He has an opposite belief when it comes to "sourcerers," a category in which he puts the Kissingers, the Haigs, and the Weinbergers -- people whose goal, as Mr. Smyser sees it, is to use the press, and ultimately the public, as a means to an end.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation