Postgame Thoughts... Pitt (game 2)

[Col. Bleep]

Journalists work for clicks, you’re taught early on in Newhouse that weaseling around “off the record” is key for good sound bites/quotes

Nothing is “off the record” unless you’re protecting a source

I have no idea what Newhouse is peddling these days.
But it is not true that nothing is "off the record" unless it involves protecting a source...even for those of us working primarily for old school decaying media.

If I ask if we can go off the record (which has almost never happened) or if the interviewee asks AND I AGREE then something is off the record and I will not use it without first getting the source's ok or getting the info from another source.

If a source merely says "off the record" and keeps talking...that's not off the record.
I've got to agree to do it.
I'll usually point that out.

Also...many times a source may ask to go off the record when in fact all he or she really wants is that the information not be attributed to him/her.

 

[Scooch]

I have no idea what Newhouse is peddling these days.
But it is not true that nothing is "off the record" unless it involves protecting a source...even for those of us working primarily for old school decaying media.

If I ask if we can go off the record (which has almost never happened) or if the interviewee asks AND I AGREE then something is off the record and I will not use it without first getting the source's ok or getting the info from another source.

If a source merely says "off the record" and keeps talking...that's not off the record.
I've got to agree to do it.
I'll usually point that out.

Also...many times a source may ask to go off the record when in fact all he or she really wants is that the information not be attributed to him/her.

What you said is what Newhouse teaches. This guy is either embellishing or was asleep in class.

 

[hoopsupstate]

Thats not true. Man would eliminated the wide open 3s.
We are losing because teams are raining 3s on us. Our team is loaded with kids that can play man. Other than Joe they all can.
Sy, cope, judah all solid
Bell Benny Brown Taylor solid
Jesse Himma average

Its my opinion but i think that we would be a much better team playing man. Not even close.

Whats the common thing with us easily handling BC and them beating other teams we can’t beat? They have no clue against the zone and turn it over all the time. I just said that we won some games playing zone that we wouldn’t beat playing man. Who on this roster could guard Joiner and Smith from NCS? Don’t say Symir because his defense has been terrible all season, even worse that Joe’s. Copeland is a turn style on defense. Now, I agree that we might be more competitive against some other teams playing man, but not BC or NCS.