No "come on" applies here, Malcolm. I have studied media law -- it's
kind of an important aspect of my staying employed. When you show
someone an advance copy of a story, and they protest but you run the
story anyway, you make yourself a lot more vulnerable to losing any
legal proceeding that may result.
Dave
On 4/12/2011 11:33 AM, malcolm McCallum wrote:
Oh, come on. The minute you write anything down whether anyone has
read it or not you open yourself and your newspaper up to a lawsuit.
This protectionist philosophy does not protect you from suit it places
you in a more susceptible position to a lawsuit.
Malcolm
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 5:29 PM, David M. Lawrence<[email protected]> wrote:
Malcolm, there is a big difference between checking quotes and allowing a
source to see the full story beforehand. What has been proposed is allowing
scientists to see the WHOLE story, not just the QUOTES from that source.
None of my journalistic colleagues have a problem with running a QUOTE past
a source for accuracy. Sending the full story is often taken as an
opportunity to rewrite the story, and -- as Wendee has said -- can open the
journalist up to a lawsuit if the source doesn't like what he reads.
Dave
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