Disclosing Whether Interviewees Signed Non-Disclosure Agreements
New guidance from the newsroom requires producers to ask potential guests if they feel legally restricted in what they can say about the White House.
Newsrooms aren't perfect. Trustworthy newsrooms, however, make adjustments (preferably quickly) when their errors are pointed out.
On Thursday my office heard from two listeners who questioned a Morning Edition interview with Marc Lotter, a former special assistant to President Trump and current campaign adviser. Lotter was defending the president in the wake of an anonymous New York Times opinion piece that claimed "his impulsiveness results in half-baked, ill-informed and occasionally reckless decisions."
Listener Jack Shelley, of
