This reminds me of a funny story from many years ago, in which the reverse happened- a journalist called me, claiming she was interested and asking for a friend. It was a foreclosure sale that was only of any public interest because it was being done on a well known property of some historical interest. I was assigned by the Court to handle the foreclosure sale. The journalist, an unethical young woman, didn't tell me she was writing a story about it. She did tell me she was a journalist, but said she was calling for a "friend" who was a neighbor (the "friend" was indeed a neighbor who was interested in privately buying the property on the cheap, and she was doing everything she could to sabotage the public auction). I spoke to the journalist freely and the next day she ran a story and quoted me making colorful quotes of the kind I am sometimes known to make here on MERB. But I NEVER would have made those statements to her if I thought we were "on the record." Partly my fault for not clarifying we were "off the record." But very unethical journalist behavior in my opinion.
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