how come journalists haven't switched to asking for email q&a by default instead of asking for a call? so much easier to say yes, plus helps that I have my own record of stuff I said... it feels archaic, like congresspeople needing people to call
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It’s very easy to control your answers when it is text but with speech people can meander and lose their train of thought - if a journo wants to get someone off their talking points to an original thought a call will achieve better than written statements
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otoh, people with no particular reason to want to be in the media are likely to simply say no, so it's a double-edged sword...

