THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT JOURNALISTS

摘要

If you don't say it's off the record, it's on the record One of the classic mistakes people make when briefing the press is not clarifying at the start of the conversation that what they are saying cannot be attributed to them. Unless you tell the reporter that what you are saying is off the record, they can and will quote you. You can't drag what you say off the record retrospectively, either - unless the journalist is particularly kind.