User:Cernen/Testing sandbox
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This is my sandbox. I don't rake it out that often, so feel free to leave me nastygrams or whatever. If you feel like venting about other users, feel free to do it here. Feel free also to vent about me, if you like. I don't mind. Rather you say it where I can see it, actually. (Which would be here.)
please do not remove this -- notes from class, thursday, 19 jan 2006 1104pst
- use safe wording to avoid libel cases -- instead of "arrested for" use "arrested on charges of" or "for suspicion of"
- TNT says not to give suspect name until formally charged!
- qualified privlege - means you can report things that are defamatory as long as they were not used out of context of a news story
- ...as long as this was done in a public forum or discussion
- ...and not told to you in private by some whackjob on the street
- blind leads are best for crime stories
- ...unless the person charged or suspected is famous!!