[Peach]

So background conference calls with what sounds like dozens of reporters can't be released to the public?

That doesn't sound right.

If an official wants to talk off the record, he/she generally goes to ONE reporter and says it's off the record.

[KellyAdmirer]

I recall a supposedly off-the-record discussion at the White House a week or two ago. Naturally, explicit details were leaked immediately. So much for any "rules" about what is publishable.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Thompson back at the attack!!

Yummy!!