I won’t defend misquoting, obvs, but this is an area where the source’s interests are not the same as the journo’s
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Replying to @jbenton @johnjcook
The journos interests should not be catching the source in a gotcha or badly phrased sentence—for non-practiced people.
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Replying to @zeynep @johnjcook
It isn’t. Bad work is bad work. But relying too much on email leads to a different kind of bad work
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Replying to @jbenton @johnjcook
Problem I see with email is that it allows people to not answer questions they don't want, and avoid follow-ups.
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But being able to write their best answer is a plus. Let people do that, maybe on the condition they take follow-up Q?
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Replying to @zeynep @johnjcook
Email will always have its place. Problem is young journos rely on it too much, hate the phone.
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Lots of journalists are reluctant to let source see final quote over phone. Now I see the point but for+
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+academics, for whom precision matters, this is a bad practice. Let them see—not as veto but for precision.
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Replying to @zeynep @KatyMoeller
you certainly treat a pol diff from an academic from a corp PR dept, sure
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Ok. I was just pointing out "no email" is not always the best policy: depends on interviewee / goals /resources.
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