From the desk of Robert Rappaport on Monday, August 25th 2008 at 6:10
NPR POLITICAL COVERAGE
If you have any questions about how the presidential candidates sound on the radio, you might be interested in an email I received recently from NPR.
From: Ron Elving Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 2:46 PM To: News-All Staff Subject: Editing the presidential candidates' tape on NPR We’ve had some questions about editing McCain and Obama actualities. Our policy for the past few presidential cycles has been to apply to the major party nominees the same no-edit rule we do to the president. The reason is also the same. Everything these two guys say is everywhere. Other news orgs and websites and blogs etc. are using the same audio/video every day. If it sounds different when we use it, people will notice. And no matter how much we need the time savings, and no matter how much they need the help, and no matter how even-handed we are about applying edits to both candidates, some will get the impression we are trying to help one candidate or the other (or even both) be clearer and more effective. It’s not our business to do that. So that’s why we don’t do it. Thanks.
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