What Did He Say?

Focuses on the occurrence of discrepancies, which were either innocent mistakes or judgment calls, in transcripts made by U.S. White House stenographers. Information on the '4,000 years' incident in Connecticut; Example of the rule when stenographers would intentionally record names if an incident...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:American Journalism Review Vol. 24; no. 7; pp. 36 - 40
Main Author: Smolkin, Rachel
Format: Article
Published: University of Maryland Sep2002
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Summary:Focuses on the occurrence of discrepancies, which were either innocent mistakes or judgment calls, in transcripts made by U.S. White House stenographers. Information on the '4,000 years' incident in Connecticut; Example of the rule when stenographers would intentionally record names if an incident seems destined to create news; Discrepancies between President Lyndon B. Johnson's news conferences and his transcripts.