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who is 'they'? I don't mind transcripts being altered if it reflects the officially endorsed position. Different matter of course if official transcriptions we
by hunglee2 4y ago
who is 'they'?
I don't mind transcripts being altered if it reflects the officially endorsed position. Different matter of course if official transcriptions were altered by unauthorised parties
- UberFly 4y ago"I don't mind transcripts being altered if it reflects the officially endorsed position." Can't you see how this "officially endorsed position" editing would be a dangerous thing? Transcripts should be an exact representation of what occurred.
- hunglee2 4y agowhy - please explain? What actually needs to be known is exactly the official policy, this is more important than the exact words used. Right now, we are reliant on media to reinterpret what was said, with the inevitable decontextualisation and reframing that comes along with it. This is the practice of propaganda
- throwaway29812 4y agoTrump admin was caught scrubbing embarrassing statements from official transcripts, but it's not common