[They're going to need to do more to be taken seriously as journalists than just review their professionalism...]
'There are burglars living amongst us! Phoenix Wright and Maya Fey break into an apartment! What are they stealing?!' I think branding two people as burglars in the public consciousness qualifies as being a defamatory remark.
Where is your proof that they were breaking into the apartment in question with the intent to commit a burglary? Did you contact either Mr Wright or Miss Fey for their comment before you printed the remarks? Did you contact the owner of the apartment for theirs?
Journalism is reporting the facts, Miss Scuttlebutt, something your publication seems surprisingly light on.
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'There are burglars living amongst us! Phoenix Wright and Maya Fey break into an apartment! What are they stealing?!' I think branding two people as burglars in the public consciousness qualifies as being a defamatory remark.
Where is your proof that they were breaking into the apartment in question with the intent to commit a burglary? Did you contact either Mr Wright or Miss Fey for their comment before you printed the remarks? Did you contact the owner of the apartment for theirs?
Journalism is reporting the facts, Miss Scuttlebutt, something your publication seems surprisingly light on.