Can you ever trust a journalist? That depends on the journalist. The question is whether the material justified the leak
- David Banks is a media law consultant
Every journalist has been there: you’re at a dinner party, you meet someone for the first time, they ask you what you do and when you tell them, it’s all “Ha ha ha, a reporter? I’d better watch what I say. This is all off the record!”
The secrets of Derek from accounts will remain secret, of course, unless perhaps, he has made the mistake of having a tête-à-tête with Isabel Oakeshott. If what he has told her is newsworthy, he may well be toast.
David Banks is a journalist and media law consultant
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