Thursday, February 22, 2007

Should libel law apply to blogs?

The case of www.saveoursaxons.com blog page, created by a named teacher who complains about the school athletic director brings up some interesting questions about what you can say about another person on the web. Can you be sued for making false accusations about a person that lowers their reputation in the eyes of the community? Or, should blogs that wish to target an individual or group of individuals remain anonymous to avoid culpability? Or, yet again, should naming anyone in a false or imflammatory gripe be outlawed along with libel laws that govern the print media? What's your take? Write us a letter at chronicle@jasnetworks.net and speak your mind or post your response here.

Coming up in next week's Chronicle: See the story of a local soldier who recently returned after serving three tours of duty in the Middle East including Iraq; find out about the exciting, new project being undertaken by a few concern veterans and see how your varsity Redhawks did on the basketball court Tuesday against Parchment!

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