One of the biggest frustrations lawyers have about interviews with reporters is that the story doesn’t turn out the way they expected. “I spent an hour with that reporter and nothing I said ended up in the story” is a common refrain. Or, “I don’t understand. I explained myself so carefully and the story’s just wrong.”

Why is it that sometimes the results of an interview seem to bear no relation to the interview you know you gave? Because you gave too much.

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