[Foundation-l] Statement to the Associated Press

[Ray Saintonge]

Alex wrote:
> Ray Saintonge wrote:
>   
>> Alex wrote:
>>     
>>> Jimmy Wales wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Thomas Dalton wrote:
>>>>         
>>>>> On 09/03/2008, Jimmy Wales <jwales at wikia.com> wrote:
>>>>>           
>>>>>> I encourage anyone who is tempted to believe this story to consider the
>>>>>>  source.
>>>>>>             
>>>>> If it's nonsense, could you explicitly say so? Then we can forget about it.
>>>>>           
>>>> It's nonsense.
>>>>         
>>> And I assume you sent something to this regard (hopefully more 
>>> substantial) to the AP as well?
>>>       
>> That wouldn't be a wise idea.  You don't maintain the high ground by 
>> getting into the gutter and flinging the same kind of mud, especially 
>> not if AP doesn't do anything with the material they have recived from 
>> Merkey. I'm sure they get complaints of this sort just as much as OTRS 
>> gets them from and about other people.
>>     
> According to Merkey's original email, the AP asked him for information. 
> We should assume that they plan to use it, in some form or another and 
> that they do not not know how (un)reliable he may be as a source.
>
>   
There's still a difference between planning to use something and 
actually using it.  If they feel that there is any hint of libel in what 
Merkey said, they are well aware of the consequences of using it.  Even 
more so when their information is likely to be used by a large number of 
mainstream media.

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