Don’t write it down unless you want it haunting you forever

A Different View with Dave O’Connell

There’s an old piece of advice that’s often offered – particularly to journalists but also to politicians – to the effect that, if you don’t want something thrown back and used against you, don’t ever write it down.

Conversely, a written record of a conversation – as in, those email exchanges that sometimes end up in capital letters to emphasis your shouting anger – is the best defence if the tone and content of that exchange is subsequently disputed.

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