• nucleative@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    That’s kind of interesting. You mean candidate might start to reply and fumble their words and then ask for a restart?

    • acosmichippo@lemmy.world
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      4 days ago

      it’s common courtesy in journalism in general. “gotcha” moments don’t help anyone and will just kill your chances at landing future interviews, or getting any sources on record.

      it’s also something we should do in daily life more often, especially on the web. “steel man” people you are conversing with. If you think someone is saying something completely stupid, maybe you have just misunderstood them, or they misspoke.

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      Yes, they call it a false start and it’s a curtosy I’ve seen extended to political and non political figures alike.