Comments on: this explains so much http://www.geekandproud.net/2003/08/12/this-explains-so-much Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:36:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Carl http://www.geekandproud.net/2003/08/12/this-explains-so-much/comment-page-1#comment-112 Carl Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.geekandproud.net/archives/2003/08/12/196/this-explains-so-much/#comment-112 Did you really think there was, or should be, a law against lying? Truth in advertising is mandatory, because someone may pay you as a result of what you say, but truth in speech has never been mandatory. Why should mass-produced speech have different requirements than interpersonal speech? Now, I don't think news organizations should make use of this often, if ever. But it's a matter of professionalism and not of law. Did you really think there was, or should be, a law against lying? Truth in advertising is mandatory, because someone may pay you as a result of what you say, but truth in speech has never been mandatory. Why should mass-produced speech have different requirements than interpersonal speech?

Now, I don’t think news organizations should make use of this often, if ever. But it’s a matter of professionalism and not of law.

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