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It means the publisher can be sued for libel and not just the random nobodies with no power.
by Consultant32452 5y ago
It means the publisher can be sued for libel and not just the random nobodies with no power.
- anticristi 5y agoExactly! Newspapers are held to a higher standard for their content.
- TulliusCicero 5y agoFor their content that they pay for, yes, but for 'letters to the editor' and the like that random people send in? My understanding is that no, they're not liable for those things. Well, not legally liable anyway, the court of public opinion is a different matter.
- Consultant32452 5y agoIt's one thing when a publisher explicitly labels something as an opinion, such as the letter to the editor section of the paper. It's another thing entirely when Twitter or Facebook make false accusations about you in the process of banning you. Like let's say you had some ideas about where COVID originated and they banned you, slandering your good name in the process, by saying you were spreading falsehoods and conspiracy theories.
- anjbe 5y agoCan a newspaper be sued for letters to the editor, views that are clearly not those of the paper itself? Can a newspaper be sued for comments on its website?