Talk:Interview with dismissed Ocean Drive columnist Trisha Posner
Add topicLatest comment: 17 years ago by David Shankbone
The Editor Sez: Fulford could cause legal trouble for using a quotation he made about an unrelated person, and applying it with his name to somebody else - no matter your clarification. I'd suggest ditching it. I'd also strongly encourage contacting Powers to get confirmation that her story is true, since again, as amateur as we may be, libel is no small deal - and I imagine "fired for Youtube comments" might make a more interesting headline". Sherurcij refusing to add Original Reporting until PD Articles are allowed 19:27, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
- That's completely untrue re: Fulford. I also don't need to contact Powers because it's an interview with Posner. Look, can you hold off until I'm finished? What's your rush here? --David Shankbone 19:31, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
- ...no it isn't. You can't put "Ronald Reagan once said that Ernest Hemingway was the country's best author because of his ability to capture the benign and make it personal...and the same is true of this book" on the back of a book you're selling. It's common legal sense. Also, you're right about the Powers thing technically, since it's now designed as a Q/A interview - at the time of my comments it was still being shaped more as an article. Sherurcij refusing to add Original Reporting until PD Articles are allowed 00:03, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
- Of course you can say one thing was said about someone, and the same thing can be said about another person. I went to Fordham Law School, so I'd be curious to know what legal issue you think would be involved? We aren't saying "Robert Fulford said this about Jane Jacobs, and he would also say this about Trisha Posner" we are saying the same thing said about one person applies to another person. --David Shankbone 01:34, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
- ...no it isn't. You can't put "Ronald Reagan once said that Ernest Hemingway was the country's best author because of his ability to capture the benign and make it personal...and the same is true of this book" on the back of a book you're selling. It's common legal sense. Also, you're right about the Powers thing technically, since it's now designed as a Q/A interview - at the time of my comments it was still being shaped more as an article. Sherurcij refusing to add Original Reporting until PD Articles are allowed 00:03, 24 September 2007 (UTC)