Publish and be Damned

Publish and be Damned

Publish and be Damned Moral... take care when publishing with out evidence or facts.
Lesson Objective: To understand the nature of the retrospective action - "Publish and be Damned"

Key Words

• Retrospective action
• publish and be damned
• libel 
• privacy
• public interest

Case Study 1

Max Mosley vs NotW (News of the World)

Summary
Max Mosley was FIA president, Oswald Mosley in the 1930's was in charge of the Nazi party in the UK was Max Mosley's father.
the footage was "Ordered" by NotW by paying the hooker to record it.

Codes Broken:
Accuracy
Privacy
Clandestine Devices
Subterfuge
Payment to Criminals

Negatives of the Publish and be Damned system for the public:

• Not everyone has the money to enter litigation
• once the story is out there it stays there

Case Study 2
Joanna Yates - Christopher Yates