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[–] 50 points 8 months ago

Readers should be able to assume that every word between quotation marks is what the speaker or writer said… The writer should, of course, omit extraneous syllables like ‘um’ and may judiciously delete false starts.

-NYT ethical guidelines

https://members.newsleaders.org/resources-ethics-nyinteg

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