sobodash

Because most of them run uncontested and no one votes in the midterms.

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With journalism salaries collapsing such things have become difficult to afford.

Speaking as a former reporter, the stories that made both the reader and the source happy were the ones where I recorded the interview - with or without permission.

The reader gets candid expression instead of the sterile, safe crap spewed ovee email, and you get the comfort of having your exact wording preserved.

Thou art sworn to protect thy Lord at any cost, yet thou knowest he hath committed a crime. Authorities ask thee of the affair. Dost thou break thine oath by Honestly speaking; or uphold Honor by silently keeping thine oath?