Sentence examples for off the record reports from inspiring English sources

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Off the record.

Something said in confidence that the one speaking doesn't want attributed to him/her.

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The Awl's Brendan O'Connor, who spoke to an unnamed former writer and an investor who spoke off the record, reports that Elite Daily has received funding from "whale-sized investors" as well as implying (though never explicitly saying) that Arabov's father, Jacob Arabo (confirmed to be Jacob the Jeweler) is also funding the venture.

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The lawyer acting for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange over the US criminal investigation into his publication of hundreds of thousands of state secrets has called on the Department of Justice to make a formal statement that it will not prosecute him, in the wake of off-the-record reports that the department is minded not to press charges.

It would, presumably, not be a violation of the council's off-the-record mandate to report that he spoke candidly and displayed a winning sense of humor.

The article reported off-the-record comments Whitlam had made that his leader was "too old and weak" to win office, and that the party might be gravely damaged by an "old-fashioned" 70-year-old Calwell seeking his first term as prime minister.

He was able to place a "mole" on the Humphrey campaign press plane; the agent sent back almost daily reports on off-the-record or unreported comments made by the Democratic candidate and his staff, and evaluations of their morale.

We constructed this history by surveying the relevant literature, US Securities and Exchange Commission SECC) reports, corporate statements, media reports, patent databases, and off-the-record interviews with relevant actors.

When Washington Post reporter Milton Coleman reported Jesse Jackson's off-the-record description of New York as "Hymietown", the Post had to hire a bodyguard to protect him.

When reporting an off-the-record discussion, how much latitude can there be to interpreting what was said?

All this reporting of off-the-record briefings and "private" opinions (not so private if told to a journalist, I suggest) is deeply suspect.

Afterwards, some of the editors present asked the cardinal whether the fact that the discussions were quasi off-the-record meant that they should not report anything of what was said.

Even in that context, Kelly's off-the-record remarks "stunned" journalists on Friday, reported the Beast.

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