mad_asshatter to [email protected] • 19 days agoMichigan middle school coach allegedly choked student with shirt in incident caught on surveillance video - ABC Newsabcnews.go.comexternal-linkmessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up1221arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1217arrow-down1external-linkMichigan middle school coach allegedly choked student with shirt in incident caught on surveillance video - ABC Newsabcnews.go.commad_asshatter to [email protected] • 19 days agomessage-square60fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink8•18 days agoThat’s ethics. It has to be proven in court before the press can report on it as fact. Until then, it’s libel to say anything but alleged.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•18 days agoNot just ethics; until found guilty they could be held civil liable if they didn’t say “allegedly”.
That’s ethics. It has to be proven in court before the press can report on it as fact. Until then, it’s libel to say anything but alleged.
Not just ethics; until found guilty they could be held civil liable if they didn’t say “allegedly”.
Hence my reference to libel.