Comments on: Smoking Gun Casts Doubt on Times’ Tupac/Combs Allegations http://la.metblogs.com/2008/03/26/smoking-gun-casts-doubt-on-times-tupaccombs-allegations/ Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:13:28 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: havisham http://la.metblogs.com/2008/03/26/smoking-gun-casts-doubt-on-times-tupaccombs-allegations/#comment-45767 havisham Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:45:15 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/03/26/smoking-gun-casts-doubt-on-times-tupaccombs-allegations/#comment-45767 I am not an attorney but I would venture a guess that printing any misinformation about Combs would be met by a vetty expensive lawsuit. Online can be deleted (sort of), or made to be in compliance with the Millenium Act, but what are you going to do with piles of the printed word? Ask Jason Blair. This whole story is about hiding, obfuscation. I don't see how a media outlet can be held legally responsible for not reporting something, but it can be held for reports stated as facts. What a mess, not a disaster, not the end, but a pretty notoriously big blotch on the L.A. Times. I am not an attorney but I would venture a guess that printing any misinformation about Combs would be met by a vetty expensive lawsuit. Online can be deleted (sort of), or made to be in compliance with the Millenium Act, but what are you going to do with piles of the printed word? Ask Jason Blair.

This whole story is about hiding, obfuscation. I don’t see how a media outlet can be held legally responsible for not reporting something, but it can be held for reports stated as facts.

What a mess, not a disaster, not the end, but a pretty notoriously big blotch on the L.A. Times.

]]> By: David Markland http://la.metblogs.com/2008/03/26/smoking-gun-casts-doubt-on-times-tupaccombs-allegations/#comment-45762 David Markland Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:33:06 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/03/26/smoking-gun-casts-doubt-on-times-tupaccombs-allegations/#comment-45762 Not sure if they planned to print it eventually, but originally it was intended as a web only story - maybe an online first exclusive. Not sure if they planned to print it eventually, but originally it was intended as a web only story – maybe an online first exclusive.

]]> By: Spencer Cross http://la.metblogs.com/2008/03/26/smoking-gun-casts-doubt-on-times-tupaccombs-allegations/#comment-45746 Spencer Cross Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:26:15 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/03/26/smoking-gun-casts-doubt-on-times-tupaccombs-allegations/#comment-45746 The article about the Times investigation makes it sound like they withheld it from the print edition at the request of Comb's attorney. The article about the Times investigation makes it sound like they withheld it from the print edition at the request of Comb’s attorney.

]]> By: David Markland http://la.metblogs.com/2008/03/26/smoking-gun-casts-doubt-on-times-tupaccombs-allegations/#comment-45732 David Markland Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:03:47 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/2008/03/26/smoking-gun-casts-doubt-on-times-tupaccombs-allegations/#comment-45732 Yeah, this could be bad. The article was meant as an exclusive for the Times online brand. While it may damage the Times credibility, it should stand as an example as to why "unnamed sources" should always be taken with couple mugs of skepticism. Yeah, this could be bad.
The article was meant as an exclusive for the Times online brand. While it may damage the Times credibility, it should stand as an example as to why "unnamed sources" should always be taken with couple mugs of skepticism.

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