Two Schools on Quoting Confuse the Reader.

Stimson, William

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ERIC Number: EJ502724

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Publication Date: 1995

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Two Schools on Quoting Confuse the Reader.

Stimson, William

Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, v49 n4 p69-73 Win 1995

Discusses two distinct views on what a quote is: the exact words of a speaker, or a journalist's rewritten or fabricated version of the speaker's words. Argues that paraphrasing allows writers to taint the evidence and causes the loss of the speaker's voice and the loss of credibility and independent corroboration. (SR)

Descriptors: Credibility, Ethics, Higher Education, Journalism, Journalism Education, Nonfiction, Reader Text Relationship, Writing Attitudes

Publication Type: Reports - General; Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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