mad_asshatter@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 5 个月前Michigan middle school coach allegedly choked student with shirt in incident caught on surveillance video - ABC Newsabcnews.go.comexternal-linkmessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up1221arrow-down14file-text
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minus-squaresquirrelwithnut@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·5 个月前“allegedly” … “caught on surveillance video”. huh?
minus-squarestoly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·5 个月前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.
minus-squareEtterra@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·5 个月前Not just ethics; until found guilty they could be held civil liable if they didn’t say “allegedly”.
“allegedly” … “caught on surveillance video”. huh?
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.