Anonymous sources are only anonymous to readers, not the journalists behind the piece who do know the identity and vet the information before publishing. That's standard operating procedure.
It doesn't mean there are no dishonest journalists and made up sources, but assuming a source is real it is never without any verification at all.
Apple says they provided denials of this to Bloomberg before they posted and the article doesn’t (or didn’t when I read it) reflect that at all. The author chose to exclude that information. Or Apple is lying.
It doesn't mean there are no dishonest journalists and made up sources, but assuming a source is real it is never without any verification at all.