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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: gnuman who wrote (62077)	6/11/1999 10:53:00 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

You know, that's a good question. A newspaper has a duty to publish the truth. Does that duty extend to every Tom, Dick and Harriett? You and I are just shooting the breeze here, are we required to censor ourselves and never say anything unless it was 100% accurate? I'd say not. On the other hand, I certainly would never say potentially damaging things about someone else's business without making it clear that I was either expressing an opinion, or referring to publicly known facts and conclusions drawn from those facts. But, if I were actually maliciously spreading lies in an effort to damage someone else's business, saying that it was just an opinion might not shield me.