Updating the Verge’s Background Policy

> + From now on, the default for communications professionals and people speaking to The Verge in an official capacity will be “on the record.”

> + We will still honor some requests to be on background, but at our discretion and only for specific reasons that we can articulate to readers.

I must applaud. And stomp and holler too.

I think many people assume that this is already the default state of journalistic practice.

The examples in this are really egregious.