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Originally posted by 33girl
You've got to be kidding. They outright libel the school, they're called on it and that's a copout? I don't think so.
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Pretty tough to prove libel in any case. Harder still when the reputation is widespread -- and there have been numerous, highly publicized events that have already tarnished the school's reputation.
My point is simply that from a journalistic standpoint, most legitimate media would have stood behind their reportage and not caved into financial pressure from the subject of their story. That's why it's a copout.
They chose to kill their story and run a fluff piece from the subject of their original article.
As I said, a sound business decision -- but one very few journalists would make.