Re: UKNM: Legal Responsibility of Content

[Ray Taylor]

Felix Velarde said:


>Just a thought, but on the subject of moderators getting sued, surely

>that would imply that a trad journalist should indemnify a newspaper

>against the consequences of dodgy (technical term) copy...


As a former business press editor I can say with some authority that the

reverse is normal practice. Publishers indemnify their editors and other

journalists and some times train them in media law in order to keep the cost

of litigation down.


In my experience most successful actions against publishers are as a result

of badly researched and inaccurate stories or lack of training of the

editor/journalist in media law.


My view is that those engaged in providing information over the Internet

should be trained in editorial skills in order to avoid this kind of

problem.


Ray Taylor

NMC/Adplan