Posted by gardenergirl on December 5, 2004, at 21:47:35
In reply to Lou's reply to gardengirl-lb » gardenergirl, posted by Lou Pilder on December 5, 2004, at 8:56:31
>But would that in your opinion, suffice to take away any thought that the newspaper endorsed what the article wrote about the person that was the subject of the articl or would it be necessarry for the newspaper to respond that they do not endorse what was written about the person?
I think that if the newspaper had a written notice somewhere that said they do not endorse any materials submitted to them, something like "the views of those writing in to this paper are solely those of the authors, and do not necessarily represent those of the editorial board", then no, I do not think that the editors would have to address a specific article written that might be inflammatory.
Dr. Bob has a similar notice, stating that he is only responsible for his own posts. That is not as specific as what I wrote above, but one can infer he means the same.
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