#ELB: No, “Liberal Professors” are Not “Trad[ing] Secret Emails” About Trump Voter Fraud Commission http://electionlawblog.org/?p=92518
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I'm confused about the status of the listserv. It's not secret (the emails are posted online) but the press isn't supposed to report on it?
Press policy explained in this post: http://electionlawblog.org/?p=92518 Can characterize discussions but courtesy to ask poster before quoting
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We have dozens of members of press on the list, and they often get permission and quote listserv posts. I've quoted in books, w permission
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Purpose of rule is to encourage quick discussion on listserv, but give folks chance to clarify remarks before posting more broadly
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That's what I'm confused about. If you don't need to be a member of the list to view the public archive, can you be bound by those terms?
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of course not. But reporter received the message as a forwarded email from someone on list. And listserv archives don't come up in searches
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This has worked well for us since the mid 1990s.
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I think a courtesy heads up would be in order, but as a reporter it wouldn't occur to me that anything posted online was off-the-record.
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right. But you wouldn't find it on line, and we know that's not how the Free Beacon reporter got it.
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