Posted by Lou Pilder on October 11, 2006, at 10:18:32
In reply to Lou's reminder to Dr. Hsiung, posted by Lou Pilder on October 11, 2006, at 9:22:33
Dr. Hsiung,
In looking at your reply to me;
[..Still, I think it's a reasonable policy...]
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/admin/20060918/msgs/692568.html
I you are going to reply to me concerning my request to you to write in this thread what rational you use as an authority to write that you think that your policy is reasonable, could you consider the following in your reply to me?
Let us suppose that there is a community newspaper and the policy of the owner is that the editors do not have to intervene and that some can have letter reviews by them before they are printed and some they can be unwilling to review before they print it. And let us suppose that there are community residents that put in the editorial page letters that have the potential to foster defamation to those that are of the popular religion and the editors post notes condemning the remarks and that the newspaper does not endorse what was printed.
Then let's say that the newspaper allows a racist letter to be printed and someone calls the editor and asks them to also print that they do not endorse what the letter purports. Then let's say that editor says to the caller that they have been given a policy that says to them that they can be unwilling to intervene and allow the racist letter to stand.
I ask, in your opinion;
A. Could it be criminal for that editor to be unwilling to post an editor's note that they do not endorse the racist letter since the editor posts notes after letters that have the potential to defame those of the popular religion of that community?
B. Could it be criminal for the newspaper to say that they are unwilling to review, or attatch conditions to one for the letter to be reviewed, what someone wants printed in a letter to the editor before they print it if the newspaper has a policy that one can have the letter reviewd before it is printed?
Lou Pilder
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