Friday, January 12
"I don't know what J-school Kinsella attended..."
"...but at the one I went to, the instructors, all former journalists, said there is no such thing as off the record. I generally think that the decent thing for a journalist to do is not to use the comments. And frankly Nicholas Kohler was kinda silly to actually quote the 'off the record' part of the quote.
"But sources shouldn't trust journalists because journalists have a certain obligation to report pertinent facts they know are true -- and a person's statement about his or her impression of what a friend is likely to do is a reportable fact. The understanding of every person dealing with a journalist is that their comments during interviews are fair game. If you don't want it appearing in print or being broadcast, don't say it."
"But sources shouldn't trust journalists because journalists have a certain obligation to report pertinent facts they know are true -- and a person's statement about his or her impression of what a friend is likely to do is a reportable fact. The understanding of every person dealing with a journalist is that their comments during interviews are fair game. If you don't want it appearing in print or being broadcast, don't say it."
