Archive of UserLand's first discussion group, started October 5, 1998.

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re: Walter Crosby's email

Author:	Patrick Breitenbach
Posted:	8/13/1999; 1:01:16 PM
Topic:	re: Walter Crosby's email
Msg #:	9489 (In response to 9480)
Prev/Next:	9488 / 9490

you can't tell a reporter that it was off the record after you said it.

this is absolutely _NOT_ the case. reporter's are obscenely aggressive about protecting the identity of their sources. if there is a singular, bedrock principle in journalism, this is it.

i have never, ever witnessed an editorial outlet not respect a source's request to remain anonymous.

this is a terrible precedent for scripting news and davenet.

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