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Letter from Top News Outlets Protesting Off-The-Record Briefings Sent to 600 Press Secretaries](http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1004004734):

Added Rick Blum, coordinator of the Sunshine in Government Initiative: “In today’s age of Twitter and blogs, an ‘off-the-record’ speech will be publicized, just not by reporters. It just doesn’t make sense anymore and the practice should stop.”