'Said in an interview' or just 'said' or ...

[zeke12]

Plain old "said" unless it's to add "Said with my cork in her mouth."

"Said in an interview" should never see newsprint.

 

[Johnny Dangerously]

Even if there's a reason to clarify when/how information is gathered, "said in an interview" is not a phrase I'd use. You'd never say "said in a non-interview."

As we've acknowledged many times on these discussions, there are several legitimate qualifiers, some of which would imply an interview (rather than a presser or news release), but "said in an interview" is not one of them.

 

[HejiraHenry]

Some story I almost used this week, from MCT I think, in which every damned quote was referenced that way:

"Steve Spurrier said at his weekly Tuesday news conference ..."

and there were maybe 6 or 7 of those.

I cut every one of them out.