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I'm not quite sure the editor of one of the most important newspapers of record right now is into "paraphrasing"

• jmduke 13y ago
  There followed two meetings in which he demanded the return or destruction of all the material we were working on. That is, by definition, paraphrasing the meeting. I'm not accusing Rusbridger of mischaracterizing the interaction, I'm clarifying that this is probably isn't a direct quote. Note that this is an op/ed.
  • trauco 13y ago
    I'm pretty sure it is a direct quote. He didn't say, 'he said something to the effect of' or something else. He just quoted the official directly, and in the same vein as what the previous commenter pointed out, you wouldn't expect the editor of one of most important newspapers in the world to not know how to use quotes.
  • wpietri 13y ago
    That is, by definition, describing the meeting. Paraphrasing is when you say in other words, generally shorter ones, what somebody else said. What's your evidence that it's not a direct quote? Aside, of course, from your personal disbelief that a government official would say something ridiculous.