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Robb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-05-05 09:48 PM
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174. No, actually it *is* crap.
When an interviewee says something's "off the record," a journalist has a decision to make.

A journalist's #1 job is to ask the same question of all his/her reporting: Does this serve the readers?

And you're right, the reporter may not hear anything else from the interviewee. But that's the decision you make: is this worth burning the bridge for, in the interest of the readers?

No one has to give journalists permission to publish anything. Real life is not TV. :hi:
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