What Would You Do?: Down By The River


Scenarios: The Senator The Unwed Father Down By The River The Political Cartoon You Have Mail And The Winner Is... A Walk In The Park Man of The People An Anonymous Tip The Interview	You run the story using the name of the boyfriend, the picture, and the caption. A relative of the little girl is found guilty of the crime. The boyfriend, Kevin Hermann, sues the newspaper because of the way the caption suggested he was the last person to see the girl. By printing this, you have implicated someone in a murder who was never even named as a suspect. Therefore, Hermann may have a strong libel case against you and the paper. OR Would you not use the the name of the boyfriend, the picture, or the caption? OR Would you run the story using the picture but foregoing the caption, and the use of names?

Scenarios:

The Senator

The Unwed Father

Down By The River

The Political Cartoon

You run the story using the name of the boyfriend, the picture, and the caption.

A relative of the little girl is found guilty of the crime. The boyfriend, Kevin Hermann, sues the newspaper because of the way the caption suggested he was the last person to see the girl. By printing this, you have implicated someone in a murder who was never even named as a suspect. Therefore, Hermann may have a strong libel case against you and the paper.

OR

Would you not use the the name of the boyfriend, the picture, or the caption?

OR

Would you run the story using the picture but foregoing the caption, and the use of names?