Mediagazer: Reporters complain about officials speaking off-the-record and on background but do the same when interviewed themselves (Paul Farhi/Washington Post)

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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:

Reporters complain about officials speaking off-the-record and on background but do the same when interviewed themselves — Why journalists need to practice what they preach — The next time a journalist gripes about some newsmaker's unwillingness to play ball with journalists …

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Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:

The Times Should Push Back Hard on ‘Background’ Sourcing — The all-too-common Washington practice of “background briefings” and “background press releases” brings to mind a quip often attributed to Mark Twain: Everybody complains about the weather but nobody does anything about it.

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