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Originally Posted by sketchyt
Two separate issues here. The negative things you could say about Rob Ford are pretty much endless. I don't think too many people dispute that.
The other issue is that in The Star case is that it's pretty weak journalism all around. The story was half finished. You have to provide evidence to print stuff like that. A video, a screenshot of the guy smoking crack... something substantial. A couple reporters saying they saw it is close, but you have to prove its existence (i.e. you typically can't make up a source saying something, you have be able to prove the source exists and verify his/her quote if called upon).
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I don't understand this rule. Who made it? Where is it from? Why aren't the three eyewitness accounts of its existence sufficient? How has the Srar or Gawker mislead any reader about the source of their information?
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