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quick primer on those who are quibbling over calling what
Posted on: September 25, 2019 at 11:07:41 CT
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was released a transcript.
to be fair the official document is a Memorandum of Telephone Conversation.
This is the verbiage of the disclaimer at the bottom of the document:
A Memorandum of a Telephone Conversation (TELCON) is not a verbatim transcript. The text in this document records the notes and recollections of Situation Room Duty Officers and NSC policy staff assigned to listen and memorialize the conversation in written form as the conversation takes place. A number of factors can affect the accuracy of the record, including poor telecommunications connections and variations in accents and/or interpretation. The word "inaudible" is used to indicate portions of conversations that the notetaker was unable to hear.
so what you have is a group of people taking notes and writing down as much of the conversation (memorializing) in real-time as possible. then comparing their notes and assembling the memorandum.
they issue the disclaimer that it's not a verbatim transcript for legal reasons and to ensure that the reader knows there could be small errors associated with, as they mention, poor connections, accents, etc.
I personally used to conduct governmental interviews that were recorded and transcribed. They ALWAYS included a similar disclaimer, that it was not a verbatim transcript.
However, the reality was they were in fact pretty much verbatim transcripts. Things like coughs, stammering, stuttering, someone saying "uhhhh" every other word etc might be left out. They were probably something like 99% verbatim but legally you have to allow for some small errors and cover yourself for that possibility.
to be fair the official document is a Memorandum of Telephone Conversation.
This is the verbiage of the disclaimer at the bottom of the document:
A Memorandum of a Telephone Conversation (TELCON) is not a verbatim transcript. The text in this document records the notes and recollections of Situation Room Duty Officers and NSC policy staff assigned to listen and memorialize the conversation in written form as the conversation takes place. A number of factors can affect the accuracy of the record, including poor telecommunications connections and variations in accents and/or interpretation. The word "inaudible" is used to indicate portions of conversations that the notetaker was unable to hear.
so what you have is a group of people taking notes and writing down as much of the conversation (memorializing) in real-time as possible. then comparing their notes and assembling the memorandum.
they issue the disclaimer that it's not a verbatim transcript for legal reasons and to ensure that the reader knows there could be small errors associated with, as they mention, poor connections, accents, etc.
I personally used to conduct governmental interviews that were recorded and transcribed. They ALWAYS included a similar disclaimer, that it was not a verbatim transcript.
However, the reality was they were in fact pretty much verbatim transcripts. Things like coughs, stammering, stuttering, someone saying "uhhhh" every other word etc might be left out. They were probably something like 99% verbatim but legally you have to allow for some small errors and cover yourself for that possibility.
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quick primer on those who are quibbling over calling what - blake1771 KC - 9/25 11:07:41
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