https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2010/06/25/is-there-any-such-thing-as-off-the-record/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usThu, 23 Apr 2026 11:35:43 -0400<![CDATA[One of the toughest lessons to learn in business, and in media relations, is that written communications will never be entirely secure or private.  In the corporate world, I had to learn that lesson the hard way &#8212; that my e-mails and messages would get forwarded without my knowledge or permission, and that whatever I thought I had said in private could become public at any time.  Over the same period, roughly that of my entire adult life, I have also had to learn the hard way that ill-considered eruptions of anger would also become public eventually, and that angry responses to e-mail and to events around me may prove satisfying in the moment but lead to headaches and regrets in the future, and usually in the near future.]]>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 12:15:10 -0400<![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2010/06/25/is-there-any-such-thing-as-off-the-record-n170054