Kathleen Ronayne Retweeted Matt Flegenheimer
The best part of this: Orwellian turns like, “On background, we can’t comment,” are common, as are attempts to cloak the most loathsome clichés in anonymity for no valid reason: “On background, we’re running our race and the only poll that matters is on Election Day.”https://twitter.com/mattfleg/status/1025041139508936706 …
Kathleen Ronayne added,
Matt FlegenheimerVerified account @mattfleg
On deep background, not-for-attribution and definitely without fingerprints...I wrote about the often-absurd conversations journalists and sources have about the conversations journalists and sources have. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/02/reader-center/off-the-record-meaning.html …
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