"... even a man remains innocent until proven guilty."

Submitted by Mastodon on Sat, 2014-12-13 01:26

Article here. Excerpt:

'In the digital age, when accusations go viral without having been checked and passed on by skeptical editors (often because there are no editors), innocents can be grievously damaged. You could ask the brothers at Phi Kappa Psi, erroneously identified as the rapists of Jackie at the University of Virginia. Or you could ask the real Mr. Barry, today a father with a wife and a young family. He tried for more than two months to get Random House to clear his name and finally got their attention by hiring a lawyer of his own.
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In the television episode of “The Newsroom,” the reporter cites “journalistic ethics,” and feminists watching it decried “journalistic ethics” as an oxymoron. Given the recent performance of Rolling Stone, they have a point. But in real life, even a man remains innocent until proven guilty. “The Newsroom” episode is smart and clever and offers the natural sympathy for a rape victim, but it also depicts the raw destructive power of public accusation without proof. Rolling Stone and Random House are learning that indifference and sloppiness can be expensive.'

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Well, it did awhile ago. But that anyone needs to say it at all shows how egregious it is.

Think about the phrase: "Even a man has the right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty."

Let that sink in. America has apparently lost one of the fundamental aspects of its character linked directly to the reasons it rebelled when it was a series of British colonies.

No doubt adding the right of men to be presumed innocent until proven guilty of an accusation of wrongdoing needs to be added as a plank to the MR platform. Revolutionary, indeed.

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Submitted by Matt on Sat, 2014-12-13 19:47