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Re:Canadian Supreme Court: Reporter must give RCMP material ... by jammygit on Saturday December 01, 2018 @12:25PM (#18577719)
What does it mean to be a non confidential source? Did the journalist explicitly say it was not confidential, or did they just not swear it was confidential?
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Re:Canadian Supreme Court: Reporter must give RCMP material ... by smadge on Saturday December 01, 2018 @08:08PM (#18580115)
My understanding is that there is a protocol that sources and journalists follow concerning “on the record, “off the record,” or somewhere in between that is negotiated before the interview begins. (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/02/reader-center/off-the-rec...)
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