Mark FishmanThinkers

Bureaucratic affinity (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠why the news comes from officials: only another bureaucracy can feed a news bureaucracy's hunger for reliable, scheduled copy.

The Official source (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠treated as an authorized knower: a moral division of labor in which officials have and give the facts, and reporters merely get them.