But are they actually issuing statements? What is more likely is that journalists are just working "down the line" until they find someone less experienced at dealing with them who, on being asked "is it possible that we could do x" inadvertently admits that it "is possible ..." - next minute headline annouces that minister says we will do x.
Some journalists don't seem to report on what someone actually says/means any more, they write the story and then find someone to support it, even if it means completey misquoting out of context (I have known them to report a weather forecaster as saying x would happen when he actually made it quite clear (or thought he did) that x would not happen)
Originally Posted by: Essan