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Last paragraph: "As is common in France and many other European countries, the French President’s office, known as the Elysée Palace, insisted on checking and “
by shrubble 4y ago
Last paragraph: "As is common in France and many other European countries, the French President’s office, known as the Elysée Palace, insisted on checking and “proofreading” all the president’s quotes to be published in this article as a condition of granting the interview. This violates POLITICO’s editorial standards and policy, but we agreed to the terms in order to speak directly with the French president. POLITICO insisted that it cannot deceive its readers and would not publish anything the president did not say. The quotes in this article were all actually said by the president, but some parts of the interview in which the president spoke even more frankly about Taiwan and Europe’s strategic autonomy were cut out by the Elysée."
- pyuser583 4y agoNothing here is so newsworthy it justifies violating their standards. I understand sometimes papers have to make hard calls. An important source demands anonymity. A tyrant is threatening to murder family. An election can be swayed by important but misleading info. Nothing in this article falls into that category. It’s not even a new position of the French president.
- PoignardAzur 4y agoHah! Yeah, pretty sure the Elyzee PR department gets cold sweats every time Macron does one of these interviews. He has a bad case of "talking first, thinking later, checking with PR never", even about extremely touchy subjects.