Journalists are telling me they called Microsoft to confirm the PAC being suspended, and Microsoft wouldn't comment! Now, I'm just a simple country bookmarking site, but it occurs to me that 1) PAC contributors got the email and 2) the list of MSPAC contributors is public record
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So again, not a journalist, but what if instead of immediately accepting defeat when Microsoft PR refused to comment you tried contacting one of the hundreds and hundreds of people on this list? https://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/257/201907179151397257/201907179151397257.pdf …
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Replying to @Pinboard
as a journalist - any answer you get from them won't be official comment; they won't be authorised to give it. so they can be an informal source but not a formal source, so you're having to ask them to leak. the senior ones (the majority) will refer you to MS PR.
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so you could find more people who might give you a copy of the same message you already put on your blog, but you're not going to get a *company* response or an explanation. it might still be worth doing: I'm just explaining why you may not see it happening.
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All that's necessary is confirmation to the journalist's that the message exists and is authentic. That's much easier to get than a copy of it, or an official statement.
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sure; 'three sources and you have a story' is the old rule. the internet has reduced this to 'I saw it on a blog' and the thinking behind that is what do three unofficial sources add apart from yes, they did their own homework
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doing your own homework is good, and journalists should do it, but we tend to think our value add is that we can go get official confirmation or comment that explains things more
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One would think! And yet here we are
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