Journalistic Integrity (Friday, January 20 - 3rd period)

[imanaturalblond.livejournal.com]

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.]

Comments

Re: Discussion - Libel?

[krycek-rat.livejournal.com]

"But what if their well-being depended on that reputation?" Krycek's tone was mild, but he seemed vaguely annoyed.

Re: Discussion - Libel?

[pyramid-is-life.livejournal.com]

"If this was the biggest badass, they shouldn't be affected by the writings of one person. Isn't there a saying here, actions speak louder than words?"

Re: Discussion - Libel?

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"Because if you let one person get away with trashing your reputation, before too long everyone will be doing it."