Just saw someone who was there covering it and said some of the potential jurors volunteered identifying info but clearly didn’t understand that they did. It’s still the journalist’s job to use good judgment where a subject or source who’s not a public figure might not understand the ramifications
reporters covering this shit have got to remember that anyone remotely identifiable is going to suffer a pile of death threats from the worst people in the country and you cannot give them a roadmap
When I’ve profiled people who’ve never been profiled before I’ve explained off the record, on etc to them before we start. Lotta old school people object to that. And sometimes I get berated by a subject who thinks I’m being condescending (hello, Shanley Kane, lol)
And you can’t just say off the record and it’s off the record, btw. It’s not like pressing A + B + down in a video game. It’s an agreement between journalist and source/subject and with very few exceptions, journalist will agree
