3 ms·
Regardless of shield laws, you absolutely cannot commit libel in public writing. There is a reason why Journalism Law is a first-semester course at any respect
by taylorbuley 15y ago
Regardless of shield laws, you absolutely cannot commit libel in public writing.
There is a reason why Journalism Law is a first-semester course at any respectable j-school.
- delinka 15y ago"...you absolutely cannot commit libel in public writing..." Does that mean that it's absolutely impossible to commit libel in public writing? Or does it mean that one "cannot" because there are dire consequences? A la "you can never put too much water in a nuclear reactor."
- Jach 15y agoYeah, "absolutely cannot" is a strange substitute for "shouldn't" in this case. I'd further restrict it to "...in public writing that has a decent chance of gaining a large audience", and possibly adding "...and which is against a party likely to notice and sue". Libel laws don't seem to deter most of the online-based libel happening all the time.