President Elect Donald Trump held an off the record meeting with the leaders of the major TV news organizations yesterday. The entire meeting was off record. That means that none of what was said in the meeting was supposed to be reported. It's not surprising, though, that so far today I have read three different accounts of what was said at the meeting. The only thing different about these reports is that all of the supposed information is unattributed. In other words, at least some of those who met with the President Elect broke their promise to keep the meeting confidential.
The point of an off the record meeting is to enable the participants to speak freely. If there are problems between Trump and the mainstream media, the meeting was the place to discuss them and then to try to fix them. Instead of that, however, the media snitches instead reinforce the truth to Trump that he cannot trust even the leaders of the media to be honest or honorable.
It's sad.
The point of an off the record meeting is to enable the participants to speak freely. If there are problems between Trump and the mainstream media, the meeting was the place to discuss them and then to try to fix them. Instead of that, however, the media snitches instead reinforce the truth to Trump that he cannot trust even the leaders of the media to be honest or honorable.
It's sad.
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