What Would You Do?: And The Winner Is


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 decide not to print the article as written. If you printed the article, your paper would most likely be open to a libel suit. While the actor's name was never used, it was obvious that the article could not be about anyone else. The key is that the article mentions the actor won more Golden Statue awards than anyone else. The reader could find out who has the most Golden Statue awards to know the actor's identity. You rewrite the article, omitting the damaging wording: "According to my sources, a hot young actor is having problems controlling himself. Unfortunately, this actor is having problems staying away from drugs. He was recently seen at one of Hollywood's hottest nightclubs completely inebriated. To the horror of other partygoers, he had the audacity to snort cocaine in plain sight." OR Would you tell the live audience that details are sketchy?

Scenarios:

The Senator

The Unwed Father

Down By The River

The Political Cartoon

You decide not to print the article as written.

If you printed the article, your paper would most likely be open to a libel suit. While the actor's name was never used, it was obvious that the article could not be about anyone else. The key is that the article mentions the actor won more Golden Statue awards than anyone else. The reader could find out who has the most Golden Statue awards to know the actor's identity.

You rewrite the article, omitting the damaging wording:

"According to my sources, a hot young actor is having problems controlling himself. Unfortunately, this actor is having problems staying away from drugs. He was recently seen at one of Hollywood's hottest nightclubs completely inebriated. To the horror of other partygoers, he had the audacity to snort cocaine in plain sight."

OR

Would you tell the live audience that details are sketchy?