> When journalists are acting in their professdional capacity as journalists,
> fine.
Not even then, I'd say. Professional capacity? Why should acting in a professional capacity shield anyone from the ordinary give-and-take of conversation? And for that matter, what kind of 'profession' is 'journalism'?
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