the.com/on the record
Everything you say can and will be used against your personal brand.
means Said openly and attributably, so it can be quoted, published, and pinned directly on you.
from Straight out of the world of court reporters and stenographers — 'the record' being the official written transcript of proceedings. If testimony went 'on the record,' it was captured permanently and could be cited as evidence; 'off the record' meant the stenographer's pen stopped. Journalism borrowed the phrase wholesale in the 20th century, turning courtroom procedure into the basic etiquette of sourcing.
- opposite
- off the record, the lie you both agree to
- legal weight
- courts treat it as binding testimony, not banter
- journalism rule
- quotable, attributable, no take-backs allowed
- politician move
- say nothing quotable, call it candor