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Author:  pcernie [ Fri Sep 13, 2013 1:10 pm ]
Post subject:  Libel victims to have legal costs protected
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24081193

Sounds good in principle at least.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Fri Sep 13, 2013 2:41 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Libel victims to have legal costs protected
It does sound good but it would also help if newspapers had to put an apology over the same number of pages and in the same position as the original article, so if they messed up it could mean an apology over pages 1 to 20, and bugger all news that day! :lol:
Author:  hifidelity2 [ Fri Sep 13, 2013 4:59 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Libel victims to have legal costs protected
Amnesia10 wrote:
It does sound good but it would also help if newspapers had to put an apology over the same number of pages and in the same position as the original article, so if they messed up it could mean an apology over pages 1 to 20, and bugger all news that day! :lol:

I agree and give the space to the person libelled - they could leave it blank, write their side or even sell / donate it for advertising
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Fri Sep 13, 2013 5:15 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Libel victims to have legal costs protected
hifidelity2 wrote:
Amnesia10 wrote:
It does sound good but it would also help if newspapers had to put an apology over the same number of pages and in the same position as the original article, so if they messed up it could mean an apology over pages 1 to 20, and bugger all news that day! :lol:

I agree and give the space to the person libelled - they could leave it blank, write their side or even sell / donate it for advertising

Actually that is a good idea, I was thinking 20 pages of apology might be too much.
Author:  JJW009 [ Fri Sep 13, 2013 7:32 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Libel victims to have legal costs protected
Amnesia10 wrote:
Actually that is a good idea, I was thinking 20 pages of apology might be too much.

Whoever wrote the article could stay after school and write out "I must check my facts before I write a story" for 20 pages.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Fri Sep 13, 2013 11:18 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Libel victims to have legal costs protected
JJW009 wrote:
Amnesia10 wrote:
Actually that is a good idea, I was thinking 20 pages of apology might be too much.

Whoever wrote the article could stay after school and write out "I must check my facts before I write a story" for 20 pages.

I think with a big article like that, it would be a team effort, I remember three or four page exposes in the News of the Screws were the limit of exposes by one person. A twenty page cock up would be written by a lot of people and the editor would be involved through out.
Author:  pcernie [ Mon Sep 16, 2013 2:49 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Libel victims to have legal costs protected
Libel proposals will have 'chilling effect' on newspaper investigations

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/s ... newspapers

Can't help thinking if there's been a proper investigation with journalistic rules on sources etc that that shouldn't be much of a problem in the grand scheme of things. And there's always those 'sources' and 'leaks'.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Mon Sep 16, 2013 3:48 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Libel victims to have legal costs protected
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This would apply both ways, so individuals and small media organisations could also receive protection if they were contesting a case brought by a wealthy celebrity.

You know that is abused by certain Scientologists? ;)

The sources and leaks are a way for the press to avoid fact checking. In the US they need two separate sources to verify a story. That would reduce the impact of this. If the newspapers simply did not print the smears from the police they would not get into trouble. Look at the mistakes over that muslim family that was raided, and one was shot in the east end of London. The police came out with some shocking allegations that the press published and were simply not true. If they had actually got their facts verified then they would have not run with the smears and so would not be facing libel actions.
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