[Marcella]

Why would he have an “off the record” meeting with reporters? Off the record means they can't report it. That makes no sense. What is his operation with this? If there are any decent reporters in there, and he said leak the info., that reporter would blow the whistle on that - thinking of a Fox reporter.

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

If there are any decent reporters in there,

Zippy's stupid, but not that stupid. The list of stenographers will become the gold standard of butt kissers.

[Colonel_Flagg]

Off the record means they can't report it.

Off the record information can be reported if corroborated by an attributed source.