To be fair, we also have an epidemic of partial statements being taken out of context and used against their speaker. Often, when contextualized, the quote mos

To be fair, we also have an epidemic of partial statements being taken out of context and used against their speaker. Often, when contextualized, the quote most likely means the opposite of what it's being used to claim. I can easily think of examples of this being done to politicians of both major US political parties, and a handful of foreign politicians as well. A policy of staying off-record by default is not an unreasonable countermeasure to that problem.