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What Does ‘Off The Record’ Really Mean?

The New York Times | August 3, 2018 | 6:34 am EDT by Matt Flegenheimer

COMMENTARY BY PAUL FARHI

Are Reporters Off-The-Record Hypocrites?

The Washington Post | June 3, 2015 | 3:06 pm EDT by TVNewsCheck

Well, they probably are. Journalists who complain about sources’ off-the-record insistence often evoke the same tact when they’re on the other side of the equation. They may know the news game, he writes, but it’s time to be as forthright and forthcoming as what they espouse for in others.