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This proves that interviews really need to be done via email or audio recording. This would seemingly prevent a lot of basic reporting issues. Interviewee: "I
by andrewhillman 13y ago
This proves that interviews really need to be done via email or audio recording. This would seemingly prevent a lot of basic reporting issues.
Interviewee: "I did not say this."
Interviewer: "Here's the email / audio as proof."
Problem solved.
- jere 13y agoYea but then she'd actually need to get him to agreed to an interview....
- stcredzero 13y agoAudio would be better. Email is easy to forge for anyone with even modest resources.
- tanon500 13y agoCan you explain how? DKIM signatures would be pretty difficult to forge...
- stcredzero 13y agoDKIM is widely adopted, or you happen to know that the emails in question had them?
- streptomycin 13y agoNot really solved, since you can still have people misspeaking or misunderstanding questions, and there's no way to prove that without mind reading. And isn't that what happened in this case? Nobody's saying she made up the quote. IIRC everyone (reporter, Dorian, police officers) agree it was said. It's just that Dorian claims he misunderstood her question, which is why he gave an answer that appeared to admit to creating bitcoin. A recording wouldn't be conclusive.
- doctoboggan 13y agoYes but there is so much more information in audio like tone of voice, timing and cadence. (Most) humans are good at deciphering this information and plying out the true meaning.
- deletes 13y agoNot really, you can fake both.