tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32776756.post8839149841302846744..comments2023-10-20T18:03:01.821+09:00Comments on GlobalTalk 21: And I Thought Our Media Had Problems…Jun Okumurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00291478225274759649noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32776756.post-60964407599106681802008-03-11T11:18:00.000+09:002008-03-11T11:18:00.000+09:00Apparently, such things happen routinely and the U...Apparently, such things happen routinely and the US media will play along. I don't think that they'll let them get away with it in a formal press conference, though.<BR/><BR/>I know that such post facto off-the-record classification happens here too. I once did it myself (not as the principal, mind you) when I was a minder for foreign press relations. The journalist actually went along with it. It was in an informal setting, outside the formal event.Jun Okumurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00291478225274759649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32776756.post-9834349501958863662008-03-11T10:34:00.000+09:002008-03-11T10:34:00.000+09:00I believe the problem was that she made the commen...I believe the problem was that she made the comment, and then said it was off the record, not for attribution or somesuch. Obviously this should be the other way round.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com