Tucker Carlson, who had a go at the journalist who got those choice quotes from Samantha Power, has just had his show axed. Good - he comes across to me as a right little twerp.
It is indeed true that there are different conventions in the US and UK over the use of 'off the record'. Here's how a friend of mine put it to me yesterday: In the US, interviewees can ask that a particular quote can be off the record. If the journalist really wants to use the quote, he is supposed to go back and ask the interviewee if it is OK to use it. If they say