1. DO YOU THINKwe shouldCHANGE QUOTES?Jacky Northgrave
2. MANY TIMESpeople will change, rearrange or even alter aquote.
3. THEY THINK IT MAKES THE QUOTEseem easier to understandAND BETTER
FOR THE AUDIENCE. 4. SO RIGHTNOW,YOURE PROBABLYASKING YOURSELF 5.
WHATS WRONGWITH THAT? 6. SOMETIMES PEOPLEMAY SPEAKDIFFERENTLY, 7.
AND MAY BE HARDTO UNDERSTAND. 8. SHOULD THOSEPEOPLE BEPUNISHED
FORNOT KNOWINGHOW TOspeak well? 9. Wont theyFEELembarrassedIf you
didntFIXtheir quote? 10. I BELIEVEwe each have something to say.
11. OURspeechmakes usWHO WE ARE. 12. WE NEED TO REMEMBERTHAT HOW A
PERSON TALKS,Is part of their story.IT MIGHT BE THE MOSTIMPORTANT
PART.-MATT CLARK,a freelance writer and medicineeditor for Newsweek
13. WHEN QUOTING SOMEONE,we must use their words to show their
message. 14. RALPH LANGER,Senior Vice President& Executive
Editor of theDallas Morning News saidOUR JOB IS TO REPORT
WHATpeople say and think,NOT PUT WORDS IN THEIR MINDSabout what
theyMight have said. 15. BY ALTERING OR CHANGINGTHEM JUST A
LITTLE,we could potentially be altering or changing their ideas.
16. MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT IT MAKES NODifferenceWHETHER OR NOTYOU
CLEAN UP A QUOTE. 17. I believe it does make aDIFFERENCE. 18. SOME
SAY JOURNALISTSQUOTE EXACTLYONLYWHEN IT IS CONVENIENT. 19. WHEN WE
THINKOF QUOTING IN THIS WAY,WE LOOSE SIGHTOF ITS KEY ROLEAND
PURPOSE. 20. SO DO YOU THINK PUNCTUATION MARKSSHOULD INCLUDEevery
word as it was said? 21. OfCourse!What else are quote marks for?-ED
CRAY, 22. IF YOU WERE THE INDIVIDUAL WHOWas quoted and saw
yourwords Altered or changed. . . 23. HOW WOULDYOU FEEL? 24. What
if it was something younever even said? 25. QUOTES ARE MUCH
MOREpowerfulWHEN THEY ARE WRITTEN THE WAYTHEY WERE SPOKEN. 26. You
shouldnt clean up a quoteJUST BECAUSE YOU THINK ITSBETTER FOR THE
PUBLIC. 27. WE ALL WOULD PREFERRaw and honest thoughts. 28. WE WANT
TO KNOWexactlyHOW PEOPLE ARE FEELING. 29. SUSAN FEENEY,Dallas
Morning News NationalPolitical Reporter said,WHEN YOU ARE
PUTTINGquote marks around it,YOU ARE TELLING THEREADER THAT THIS
ISexactly what thePERSON SAID. 30. By using quotation
markscorrectly and not editing what is inside of them 31. WE CAN
DISPLAYtruth again. 32. SO WHAT ARE YOUGOINGTO DO?
