Comments on: Going off the record was off the record http://boingboing.net/2010/02/04/going-off-the-record.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 11:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: JoshuaZ http://boingboing.net/2010/02/04/going-off-the-record.html#comment-705798 JoshuaZ Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-705798 This does illustrate a general problem with journalism about their willingness to make things be "off the record." This is an example of how journalists are frequently extremely cooperative with subjects, far more than they probably should be. In some cases it leads to real absurdities like this. This does illustrate a general problem with journalism about their willingness to make things be “off the record.” This is an example of how journalists are frequently extremely cooperative with subjects, far more than they probably should be. In some cases it leads to real absurdities like this.

]]> By: fxq http://boingboing.net/2010/02/04/going-off-the-record.html#comment-705806 fxq Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-705806 Someone should show this to Glenn Greenwald. Someone should show this to Glenn Greenwald.

]]> By: Frank W http://boingboing.net/2010/02/04/going-off-the-record.html#comment-705809 Frank W Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-705809 Ummm… <em>what</em> was off the record? Ummm… what was off the record?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/04/going-off-the-record.html#comment-705812 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-705812 It's possible that the correction was smartly written to wryly comment on the very thing you all are commenting on. It’s possible that the correction was smartly written to wryly comment on the very thing you all are commenting on.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/04/going-off-the-record.html#comment-705816 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-705816 Yeah, no kidding on the hometown showing up on BB. Hell, had my former journalism teacher put the kybosh on an interview with a pre-president Clinton. . . didn't like to be scooped I guess. Yeah, no kidding on the hometown showing up on BB. Hell, had my former journalism teacher put the kybosh on an interview with a pre-president Clinton. . . didn’t like to be scooped I guess.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/04/going-off-the-record.html#comment-705848 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-705848 yo, dawg. i know u like to quote, so we put a record on your record so you can quote while u quote. yo, dawg. i know u like to quote, so we put a record on your record so you can quote while u quote.

]]> By: cymk http://boingboing.net/2010/02/04/going-off-the-record.html#comment-706122 cymk Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-706122 The directors of the firm hired to continue the credits after the other people had been sacked, wish it to be known that they have just been sacked. The credits have been completed in an entirely different style at great expense and at the last minute. The directors of the firm hired to continue the credits after the other
people had been sacked, wish it to be known that they have just been
sacked.

The credits have been completed in an entirely different style at
great expense and at the last minute.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/04/going-off-the-record.html#comment-705651 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-705651 ugh. never thought id see my home town on boing boing, unfortunately its for something silly like this. ugh. never thought id see my home town on boing boing, unfortunately its for something silly like this.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/04/going-off-the-record.html#comment-706684 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-706684 About ten years ago at work, I received a memo stating that the planned implementation of the paperwork reduction policy would be delayed. The forms had not yet arrived. About ten years ago at work, I received a memo stating that the planned implementation of the paperwork reduction policy would be delayed. The forms had not yet arrived.

]]> By: jere7my http://boingboing.net/2010/02/04/going-off-the-record.html#comment-705663 jere7my Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-705663 We apologise again for the fault in the subtitles. Those responsible for sacking the people who have just been sacked have been sacked. We apologise again for the fault in the subtitles. Those
responsible for sacking the people who have just been sacked
have been sacked.

]]> By: tda325 http://boingboing.net/2010/02/04/going-off-the-record.html#comment-706190 tda325 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-706190 I have no response to that. I have no response to that.

]]> By: guan http://boingboing.net/2010/02/04/going-off-the-record.html#comment-705701 guan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-705701 But surely the part where they said that the explanation about going “off the record” being “off the record” could not have been “off the record”? Otherwise the correction would have violated the ground rules, and I am certain that they would have checked this after the first mistake. But surely the part where they said that the explanation about going “off the record” being “off the record” could not have been “off the record”? Otherwise the correction would have violated the ground rules, and I am certain that they would have checked this after the first mistake.

]]> By: Comedian http://boingboing.net/2010/02/04/going-off-the-record.html#comment-705972 Comedian Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-705972 Yo, dawg, I heard you like going off the record, so I put your going off the record on the record so you could go off the record while going off the record. Yo, dawg, I heard you like going off the record, so I put your going off the record on the record so you could go off the record while going off the record.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/04/going-off-the-record.html#comment-706249 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-706249 'You initialed your corrections in the wrong place. They want you to erase your initials, and then initial your erasures". via Radar O'Reilly: MASH ‘You initialed your corrections in the wrong place. They want you to erase your initials, and then initial your erasures”.

via Radar O’Reilly: MASH

]]> By: talzaken http://boingboing.net/2010/02/04/going-off-the-record.html#comment-705749 talzaken Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-705749 This comment is off the record. This comment is off the record.

]]> By: zikman http://boingboing.net/2010/02/04/going-off-the-record.html#comment-705754 zikman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-705754 but somehow, it got on the meta-record. but somehow, it got on the meta-record.

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