Cargo Boy said in part.....
"Do we have some kind of mark of Cain that we can put next to their usernames to indicate the low esteem that the rest of us hold them in? Do they exonerate themselves by making a public apology?"
Aviate 1138 adds....
Could we also have a law that makes the Newspapers print the retraction/apology in the very same font and size and on the page that the original inaccurate article appeared. So often the retraction is buried and in the smallest type possible.
The said journo probably fabricated the 'story' while leaning on a bar and safe in the knowledge that he can work and drink with no comeback. What we need is a sort of Small Claims Court to make these scum pay compensation without the defamed having to bear huge Legal Fees.
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