I certainly understand and applaud restraint if it would get someone in trouble, production or local.
If it's about something that many people could easily know though? Like who was racing, a task, or who won or was eliminated? Then I don't understand. There are too many witnesses at the mat and at many tasks, the information could come from anyone, not just the 'source.'
"I was told by someone I trust that the Humbugs were first" or "Happenstanders were eliminated." Lots of witnesses at many tasks, in airports, and at the finish line of many legs, including this one.