Synthesis by Sources 1 The Interview happened the same day as Rick s last show which had been replaced by the Elliott Spitzer show 2 Klein The President of CNN and the person who had given Sanchez more airtime was fired the week before the interview 3 CNN did not say why they fired him and they wished him well It is reasonable I think to say that it is possible that his firing had little or nothing to do with the Dominic interview especially since his show had already been ditched Now I am not saying it was not the Dominik interview but I am saying that in our section on the firing that we maybe should not be implying what the Reliable Sources are all implying which is there was an obvious and primary cause and effect between his comments in the interview and his firing Could be he was already on the way out the door and the interview just accelerated the announcement or it could be the interview had nothing at all to do with the firing Our OR policy specifically mentions synthesis as something for Editors to avoid but what s our correct path when article sources are engaging in synthesis