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Originally Posted by kn
I have a friend who was interviewed by a person from the herald. This "journalist" promised to let my friend review the contents of the article prior to submission but never did. I only have my friend's side of the story but she claims that there are portions attributed to her as quotes that have been completely fabricated. The writer also used her full name without permission to which my friend is now having to deal with a substantial amount of unwanted correspondence.
I don't think there is any legal remedy but is there any recourse? I'll admit to being surprised at the lack of any professionalism (assuming of course, I have the correct side of the story).
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I would think your friend is lying actually.
There is no way a reporter at the Herald would let a subject read the article for approval before publication. Period. No one does that. Even at a weekly.
Secondly, it would have to be pretty interesting circumstances for the reporter to agree not to use the subject's full name. Its not impossible but unlikely.
That would be standard across the industry.
Sounds like your friend didn't take it seriously, said some things and got caught with her pants down.
Cowperson