From the Pulpit
Amidst the politics, controversy, manipulation, and negotiations, the Monaco Grand Prix reminds us what Formula One is really all about. Matt Bishop looks forward to the upcoming weekend
"Of course, this is all off the record," says the Formula One grandee, looking over his shoulder to check if he's being overheard. So you switch off your Dictaphone, you smile conspiratorially, you say, "Okay, go ahead"... and you listen even harder than you were listening before.
Sometimes the ensuing peroration is pure dynamite - a series of revelations you knew nothing about and now cannot report unless you can find a genuinely independent source to back them up, this time on the record. And if you can't find such a source, you can end up very frustrated indeed, because you've given the grandee your word. And a good hack's word is his bond.
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