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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
Salim should be careful about what he reports on when the mics are off. Hope he confirmed if it was on the record or not
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Well it is on the shoulders of the person saying something to confirm whether it is on or off the record. Not on the reporter. If the individual said it was off the record, then the reporter should honour that request. Unclear whether Sutter said it was on the record or not.
The question of whether hockey’s long history of having certain things not reported without the formal on the record/off the record convo or swept under the rug is a different question. But it certainly is not a journalistic ethics thing where the burden is on the reporter to confirm whether things are on the record.