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They probably aren't familiar with US journalistic practices about background, on/off record etc. Prudence would dictate more circumspection, but I prefer frank
by anigbrowl 3y ago
They probably aren't familiar with US journalistic practices about background, on/off record etc. Prudence would dictate more circumspection, but I prefer frankness to the obfuscatory nonsense that US PR spokespersons foist on the public, with the help of journalists who uncritically repeat it.
- contravariant 3y agoSomehow the golden standard for journalism became 'never ask a question you don't know the answer to', which is kind of the opposite of what questions are supposed to achieve.