Political campaigns and government officials are increasingly either speaking off the record or require approval before their quotes can be used. And journalists agree, just to get access, confirming that much such "reporting" is more accurately termed "PR".
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Faced with an unforgiving, gaffe-obsessed media culture, politicians and their advisers are routinely demanding that reporters allow them final editing power over any quotations that appear in print.
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