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Originally Posted by Cowperson
Two, not one, reporters viewed the video, each making notes independently. No accident having two sets of eyes on it.
The wording of the report was, without doubt, vetted by the Star legal team before publication and contains a lot of ambiguity.
The Star handled it well.
Not even sure The Gawker guy is in trouble.
I do know Ford is in trouble. There isn't a single news source in Canada and most in the USA that hasn't reported the substance of this.
Th tape itself isn't worth much money now.
My two cents.
Cowperson
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I don't often disagree with you, its hearsay right now, the actual damning physical evidence hasn't been seen by anyone but the two reporters.
When it comes to Rob Ford, the Star isn't exactly what you'd call an unbiased media source.
The video is still worth a lot because right now the story is unsubstantiated juicy gossip started by a newspaper that has an axe to grind with anything right of the political spectrum and has had a back and forth with the mayor at the center of this issue. The video moves it from gossip to fact.
Right now if this was a trial would the reporters testimony stand up in court? Probably not, the judge would want the video bought forward. It should be the same in this type of situation. Especially when it threatens to completely destroy a person.