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Tommy_Carcetti

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10. It's pretty reckless behavior when you attach a name and a face to an accusation...

Mon Sep 16, 2013, 04:29 PM

Sep 2013

...even if you qualify the language as "maybe" or "perhaps".

I'm telling you now, if I shared a similar name or identification to someone accused of committing a horrible crime, and someone on some board pulled up my name and started speculating that I was the person committing said acts, I would not take to it kindly. And I'm sure neither would you.

It's classic false light defamation:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_light

"False light differs from defamation primarily in being intended "to protect the plaintiff's mental or emotional well-being" rather than protect a plaintiff's reputation as is the case with the tort of defamation[1] and in being about the impression created rather than being about true or false. If a publication of information is false, then a tort of defamation might have occurred. If that communication is not technically false but is still misleading then a tort of false light might have occurred.[1]"

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DU should win a journalism award! Again the images of the shooter were posted hours before [View all] Lint Head Sep 2013 OP

Thanks. Actually I was wrong to post that and did delete but LiberalLoner Sep 2013 #1

I can now see why you got fired from CNN Jeff In Milwaukee Sep 2013 #4

Yup. I jumped the gun, I was just so eager to provide as much info as I could because I know LiberalLoner Sep 2013 #7

why? I don't understand that....You were doing investigative journalism. You never said you were VanillaRhapsody Sep 2013 #6

That's just as bad. Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2013 #8

this is just a site on the Internet...its purpose is to discuss the news... VanillaRhapsody Sep 2013 #9

It's pretty reckless behavior when you attach a name and a face to an accusation... Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2013 #10

You are not understanding that this is a forum.. VanillaRhapsody Sep 2013 #12

Legally speaking, "publication" need not be in a newspaper, book or magazine. Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2013 #13

This is a forum....you won't be using what you post here on your resume.... VanillaRhapsody Sep 2013 #14

We are not "reporting" news...we are discussing it... VanillaRhapsody Sep 2013 #15

If what you suggest were true...we wouldn't be able to discuss this in our own homes without being VanillaRhapsody Sep 2013 #16

Third party publication. That's all it takes. Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2013 #20

You don't need to be a member of the news media to defame someone. Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2013 #18

no you don't but you still have freedom of speech. VanillaRhapsody Sep 2013 #19

You used the word "speculation" THAT is what makes it different than what you are describing... VanillaRhapsody Sep 2013 #21

Again, see false light defamation. Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2013 #22

No you cannot....that is ridiculous... VanillaRhapsody Sep 2013 #23

You're confusing libel defamation with false light defamation. Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2013 #25

see here: VanillaRhapsody Sep 2013 #24

You're talking out of both sides of your mouth. Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2013 #28

No I am not... VanillaRhapsody Sep 2013 #29

Post 6. You claim the poster who posted the picture was "doing investigative journalism." Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2013 #36

Getting posts hidden is also not productive behavior, LOL. LiberalLoner Sep 2013 #30

You don't have to worry...it was erroneous information... VanillaRhapsody Sep 2013 #32

Oh, thank you, not worried at all, especially now my husband is home safe and sound. LiberalLoner Sep 2013 #34

And that poster just loves to argue, so ignore might be your friend at some point if you tire of it. LiberalLoner Sep 2013 #39

Thanks good to know... VanillaRhapsody Sep 2013 #42

Thanks friend! LiberalLoner Sep 2013 #43

Sending harassing IMs is certainly not productive behavior. nt Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2013 #52

I agree gopiscrap Sep 2013 #2

standards for Major News outlets should be higher than online forums , remember what happened during JI7 Sep 2013 #3

20/20 hindsight is always the best, isn't it? Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2013 #5

speed isn't everything Enrique Sep 2013 #11

I was watching CNN and DU had the guy's name way before CNN did. nt Nay Sep 2013 #17

At least a Pulitzer for investigative journalism concerning 3-Dimensional Chess politics NoOneMan Sep 2013 #26

Some people just cannot understand the concept of 3-dimensional chess... VanillaRhapsody Sep 2013 #27

Its a fictional justification to explain overtly non-conducive behavior to ones political ideology NoOneMan Sep 2013 #31

Huh? You think everything is straight forward in politics? hahahahahahahahahahaha VanillaRhapsody Sep 2013 #37

So Obama is a Kochian plant bent on destroying American Liberalism? Oh noes! NoOneMan Sep 2013 #45

WTF are you smoking? VanillaRhapsody Sep 2013 #47

Do you not understand the multidimensional Chess game? NoOneMan Sep 2013 #49

So sad when folks lose their minds politically....just very very sad indeed. VanillaRhapsody Sep 2013 #51

Not to mention the pending indictment of Karl Rove alcibiades_mystery Sep 2013 #40

Are you referring to the sealed indictment (thruth out/Jason Leopold)? NoOneMan Sep 2013 #46

No. Glassunion Sep 2013 #33

DU should get an award for taking information from twitter or somewhere else and posting it here? DesMoinesDem Sep 2013 #35

Uh it wasn't wrong Lanza WAS using his brother's ID... VanillaRhapsody Sep 2013 #38

Yes it was wrong. It was reported here and in the media that Ryan was the shooter. DesMoinesDem Sep 2013 #41

WE are just chatting in an Internet forum. This is not the same thing....we are discussing the news. VanillaRhapsody Sep 2013 #44

Your arguments aren't even addressing my points at all. Why don't you go argue with the DesMoinesDem Sep 2013 #48

It wasn't "wrong" it was a mistake....because the shooter intentionally misidentified himself VanillaRhapsody Sep 2013 #53

Yes it was wrong. DesMoinesDem Sep 2013 #54

I did.... VanillaRhapsody Sep 2013 #55

Obviously you didn't... DesMoinesDem Sep 2013 #56

Obviously, you don't know that... VanillaRhapsody Sep 2013 #57

Sure thing buddy. Shouldn't you be somewhere defending the NSA and arguing for war? DesMoinesDem Sep 2013 #58

Shouldn't you be looking for a book of matches for your next Hair on Fire ODS breakdown? VanillaRhapsody Sep 2013 #60

No. DU is a firehose, spewing anything and everything. X_Digger Sep 2013 #50

Google searches and browsing Facebook pages no more make one an "investigative journalist".... Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2013 #59