Hi,
be allowing anywhere near us. If it's been published in a newspaper,
then
the facts themselves are fair game, even if the subject is not: I would
have
thought that a biography stating "X was the subject of a malicious allegation of misbehaviour in Y newspaper which turned out to be
fabricatory
cobblers" might actually be doing the subject a favour...neutrally of
course
And how would the subject feel from the time the article reads "X is alleged to have molested children [1]" with a footnote to the newspaper article until the time sometime after the retraction in the paper that the entry is amended to read as above?
In any case, we need some very clear definitions of libel and defamation, with reference to jurisdictions etc, to know exactly what we can and can't say and in what circumstances. I suspect our assumptions of good faith and commonsense being sufficient are unfounded.
Steve