Today’s complaint is tomorrow’s headline
Found an interesting point on the University of British Columbia’s media training page:
Don’t tell the reporter your problems. Your casual complaints could end up in a news story.
It’s very easy to get caught up in a conversation with a reporter and mention some internal squabble or something about your working conditions; things you might talk about daily with your colleagues. In the world of “nothing is off the record”, however, these kinds of comments can be blown out of proportion merely by being mentioned in the press or by being described by a journalist in inflammatory terms.
Posted: November 29th, 2006 under Tips for Interviewees.