That advisor, Samantha Power, did not request that the interview be off the record.
Samantha Power uttered the unfortunate word "monster" and then requested that the comment and the word "monster" not be quoted.
The Scot journalist, a woman, was grilled on MSNBC regarding her journalistic 'judgement' not her ethics for the accurate reporting.
Should a journalist honor a request mid-stream in an interview.
Samantha will be addressing the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, [TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 2008 International Institutions: New Roles for the Global Age with Samantha Power, Anna Lindh Professor of Practice of Global Leadership and Public Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University InterContinental Hotel]
I am disappointed in her. She was a fine journalist on emerging-Africa issues.
"On the record" means anything the source says can be reported, published, or aired. All conversations are assumed to be on the record unless the source expressly requests -- and the reporter explicitly agrees -- to go off the record beforehand. If the reporter agrees to change "on the record" to something else, the reporter should be sure to mark notes clearly so that it's possible to see what's on the record and what is not at a later date. Never rely on memory and always try to get back "on the record" as quickly as possible.
It is the journalist's responsibility to tell the source off hand the ground rules of what can be on record. And it is the Scot journalist's judgement in the code of ethics of journalism is the concern and her report of Power's slip at the tongue. Power needs to learn how to handle journalists and the media in this heated race with Obama and Hillary.
That advisor, Samantha Power, did not request that the interview be off the record.
ReplyDeleteSamantha Power uttered the unfortunate word "monster" and then requested that the comment and the word "monster" not be quoted.
The Scot journalist, a woman, was grilled on MSNBC regarding her journalistic 'judgement' not her ethics for the accurate reporting.
Should a journalist honor a request mid-stream in an interview.
Samantha will be addressing the Chicago Council on Global Affairs,
[TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 2008
International Institutions: New Roles for the Global Age
with Samantha Power, Anna Lindh Professor of Practice of Global Leadership and Public Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
InterContinental Hotel]
I am disappointed in her. She was a fine journalist on emerging-Africa issues.
CA
Here is the ground rules for journalists:
ReplyDeleteIn general:
"On the record" means anything the source says can be reported, published, or aired. All conversations are assumed to be on the record unless the source expressly requests -- and the reporter explicitly agrees -- to go off the record beforehand. If the reporter agrees to change "on the record" to something else, the reporter should be sure to mark notes clearly so that it's possible to see what's on the record and what is not at a later date. Never rely on memory and always try to get back "on the record" as quickly as possible.
It is the journalist's responsibility to tell the source off hand the ground rules of what can be on record. And it is the Scot journalist's judgement in the code of ethics of journalism is the concern and her report of Power's slip at the tongue. Power needs to learn how to handle journalists and the media in this heated race with Obama and Hillary.