(Fwd from Tony Mauro): Discussion Makes News

[Volokh, Eugene]

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> From: Tony Mauro [SMTP:tmauro at legaltimes.com]
> Sent: Friday, August 04, 2000 1:54 PM
> To:   Volokh, Eugene
> Subject:      Re: Discussion Makes News
>
> John Eastman asks a good question about whether members of this discussion
> group are comfortable seeing their posts in print.  From a journalist's
> point of view, I can say there is some debate about the ethics of quoting
> from online discussion groups without the participants' permission.  My
> own
> view, which I think is the prevailing practice among journalists, is NOT
> to
> do that.  I recognize that what you dash off in an e-mail among colleagues
> is not the same as what you might tell a journalist for quotation.  So my
> practice has been, when one of your excellent discussions triggers a story
> idea, to e-mail participants directly to get permission or to get fresh
> quotes for publication.
>
> I did this recently when I wrote a column about whether Al Gore could
> constitutionally have Bill Clinton as his running mate. I made reference
> to
> your discussion on this in general, but the specific quotes I used -- from
> profs Volokh and Tushnet -- were obtained from them directly, with the
> knowledge that they would be quoted. You cvan view this article at:
>
> http://www5.law.com/dc-shl/display.cfm?id=3554&query=Gore
>
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