- How accurate is the information?
- How reliable is the source?
- Has the Culture of sensationalising news and gossip become damaging?
- Should we be all more prudent and await a more fuller understanding of facts?
Lord McAlpine deformation case with Twitter and Facebook 2012.
www.newstatesman.com/business/2012/11/lord-mcalpine-twitter-and-libel-law-facts
Individuals responded to an accidental leak of his name on Television, linking him to Paedophilia. He was quick to refute and proved innocent. Damages where paid not only by the original leaked source but also by Facebook and Twitter uses who commented and joined in erroneously.
Ian Watkins (H from steps) 2014 www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/25144580
Steps singer Ian Watkins consulted Lawyers after his picture was wrongly published on E! Online in an article about convicted paedophile Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins.
Both wrongly accused and branded due to incorrect sources of information.
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