Hi,
be allowing anywhere near us. If it's been
published in a newspaper,
then
the facts themselves are fair game, even if the subject
is not: I would
have
thought that a biography stating "X was the
subject of a malicious
allegation of misbehaviour in Y newspaper which turned out to be
fabricatory
cobblers" might actually be doing the subject a
favour...neutrally of
course
And how would the subject feel from the time the article reads "X is
alleged to have molested children [1]" with a footnote to the newspaper
article until the time sometime after the retraction in the paper that
the entry is amended to read as above?
In any case, we need some very clear definitions of libel and
defamation, with reference to jurisdictions etc, to know exactly what we
can and can't say and in what circumstances. I suspect our assumptions
of good faith and commonsense being sufficient are unfounded.
Steve