Am 02.06.2011 20:13, schrieb Orchid XP v8:
>>> That's what I'm saying. As far as I can tell, there's no actual *law*
>>> against printing outright lies in a newspaper. It's just considered poor
>>> journalistic practise by some.
>>
>> Depends on the lie. Some lies certainly would be illegal if they were
>> libelous (for example).
>
> Right. So if I say that vitamine C overdoses cause cancer, that's fine,
> but if I say that Dr Smith has proved that vitamine C overdoses cause
> cancer, that's libel. (?)
>
> In short, you can lie all you want, so long as you don't lie about
> people or commercial entities, or if you do, you make sure that whatever
> ficticious claims you make can't be rigoriously refuted.

I guess claiming that "Taking 500 mg of Citalopram a day is good for 
your mental health" would make you liable to lawsuits in virtually any 
country, /especially/ if you're a journalist. And even if it's just a typo.

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