Difference between revisions of "On background"

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'''On background''' refers to an interview segment in which information provided in the interview can be quoted by a reporter, but cannot be directly credited to the interviewee.
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'''On background''' refers to a [[media]] interview segment in which information provided in the interview can be quoted by a reporter, but cannot be expressly attributed to the interviewee.  In other words, the information may be used by the reporter to gain more information, or the reporter may refer to the information as being provided by an unnamed source.
  
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Revision as of 03:58, October 28, 2007

On background refers to a media interview segment in which information provided in the interview can be quoted by a reporter, but cannot be expressly attributed to the interviewee. In other words, the information may be used by the reporter to gain more information, or the reporter may refer to the information as being provided by an unnamed source.