what does inside source mean?

Question

hi!
what does 'inside source' mean?
i saw it in a local paper, and it said .....revealed by an inside source.

Answer 1

It means some one in the inside told them the information. some one who works with the person or company they are talking about or is a close friend or family, someone close to the subject

Answer 2

An "inside source" is usually used to a tipster that wants to remain anonymous. The source is usually someone associated within the realm of where the story originated, such as an inside source in the Pentagon might mean a high ranking military official that doesn't want to be quoted for fear of losing his job or getting punished for divulging the information.

Answer 3

An inside source is a person who works inside an organization, who is entrusted to keep some of its secrets, but shares secret information with some outsider.

A Reporter might look for an "inside source" in a large corporation to learn misdeeds the company is perpetrating. (Think ENRON, where a lot of people knew about phone accounting procedures-- If a reporter had managed to get one to talk to him, that person would have been an "inside source".)

Lots of "inside sources" in government and in industry. If a person feels that their employer is doing wrong, and still doesn't want to lose the job, they might spill information from the "inside".

Answer 4

it means someone who is close to the person who is being reported.

Just like maybe celebrity A's nanny revealed something.
Nanny refused to disclose her name,hence,she is an inside source.

Answer 5

you're quoting the seasonally adjusted respected huge sort. in case you may study the tables particularly than purely regurgitate headlines, you would be attentive to the not seasonally adjusted U-3 huge sort is 8.8%.