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Journalistic Integrity (Friday, January 20 - 3rd period)
Rita was in a fairly obvious bad mood.
“All right. Today we’ll discuss libel.” She consulted her roster and chose a name at random. “All right, so let’s say I write an article saying that Alex is a wonderful boy who is sweet and kind and simply a delight to be around. But Alex did not appreciate this. Would this be considered libel, or poetic license? I did mean it in the nicest way, and it’s not an outright lie.”
She waved impatiently. “Discuss.”
[WAIT FOR MY OCD OMG. OCD THREADS UP YAYS.]
“All right. Today we’ll discuss libel.” She consulted her roster and chose a name at random. “All right, so let’s say I write an article saying that Alex is a wonderful boy who is sweet and kind and simply a delight to be around. But Alex did not appreciate this. Would this be considered libel, or poetic license? I did mean it in the nicest way, and it’s not an outright lie.”
She waved impatiently. “Discuss.”
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awfully damn late, I know.