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Publishing prez transcripts

Published Friday, October 29, 2004 by seanlmccarthy | E-mail this post

That's a good idea. Dan Froomkin of washingtonpost.com wonders the same thing after reading USA Today's pithy interviews with Bush and Kerry mere days before the election.

As Froomkin writes: "Once and for all, people, can we all agree to Web-publish full transcripts of presidential (and presidential-candidate) interviews? Is there any good reason a news organization could possibly have to keep these transcripts secret?"

Read the touchy-feely chats: The Bush-USAT "interview" aboard Air Force One. And Kerry's USAT chat.