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The document discusses the issue of altering quotes from individuals when reporting or summarizing their statements. It argues that quotes should be reported exactly as spoken by the person to accurately convey their message and ideas, rather than cleaning up or changing their words. Altering quotes could potentially misrepresent the speaker and how they expressed themselves. Journalists have a responsibility to use quotes verbatim within quotation marks to truthfully report what someone said.

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DO YOU THINK we should CHANGE QUOTES? Jacky Northgrave
MANY TIMES people will change, rearrange or even alter a quote.
THEY THINK IT MAKES THE QUOTE seem easier to understand AND BETTER FOR THE AUDIENCE.
SO RIGHT NOW, YOURE PROBABLY ASKING YOURSELF
WHATS WRONG WITH THAT?
SOMETIMES PEOPLE MAY SPEAK DIFFERENTLY,
AND MAY BE HARD TO UNDERSTAND.
SHOULD THOSE PEOPLE BE PUNISHED FOR NOT KNOWING HOW TO speak well?
Wont they FEEL embarrassed If you didnt FIX their quote?
I BELIEVE we each have something to say.
OUR speech makes us WHO WE ARE.
WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT HOW A PERSON TALKS, Is part of their story. IT MIGHT BE THE MOST IMPORTANT PART. -MATT CLARK, a freelance writer and medicine editor for Newsweek
WHEN QUOTING SOMEONE, we must use their words to show their message.
RALPH LANGER, Senior Vice President & Executive Editor of the Dallas Morning News said OUR JOB IS TO REPORT WHAT people say and think, NOT PUT WORDS IN THEIR MINDS about what they Might have said.
BY ALTERING OR CHANGING THEM JUST A LITTLE, we could potentially be altering or changing their ideas.
MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT IT MAKES NO Difference WHETHER OR NOT YOU CLEAN UP A QUOTE.
I believe it does make a DIFFERENCE.
SOME SAY JOURNALISTS QUOTE EXACTLY ONLY WHEN IT IS CONVENIENT.
WHEN WE THINK OF QUOTING IN THIS WAY, WE LOOSE SIGHT OF ITS KEY ROLE AND PURPOSE.
SO DO YOU THINK PUNCTUATION MARKS SHOULD INCLUDE every word as it was said?
Of Course! What else are quote marks for? -ED CRAY,
IF YOU WERE THE INDIVIDUAL WHO Was quoted and saw your words Altered or changed. . .
HOW WOULD YOU FEEL?
What if it was something you never even said?
QUOTES ARE MUCH MORE powerful WHEN THEY ARE WRITTEN THE WAY THEY WERE SPOKEN.
You shouldnt clean up a quote JUST BECAUSE YOU THINK ITS BETTER FOR THE PUBLIC.
WE ALL WOULD PREFER Raw and honest thoughts.
WE WANT TO KNOW exactly HOW PEOPLE ARE FEELING.
SUSAN FEENEY, Dallas Morning News National Political Reporter said, WHEN YOU ARE PUTTING quote marks around it, YOU ARE TELLING THE READER THAT THIS IS exactly what the PERSON SAID.
By using quotation marks correctly and not editing what is inside of them
WE CAN DISPLAY truth again.
SO WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?

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