Isn't it a reporters job to report the facts? The fact is the FBI was investigating them for a specific crime.
It's already suspect that they left out that key fact. It's extra suspect when it turns out they had personal connections to the accused.
It's already suspect that they left out that key fact. It's extra suspect when it turns out they had personal connections to the accused.
The last time they rushed to paint suspects as rapists ahead of any sort of actual trial, they got sued to hell for defamation when the allegations turned out to be fraudulent altogether.
I could excuse them for being a little slower on the draw this time around. "Being investigated by the FBI" does not mean the subject is automatically guilty.
My wife's ex was "being investigated by CPS" at one point. He didn't do anything, but it is/was humiliating for him nonetheless.
I would argue that the general public does not give a single shit about the latest individual being accused of vague national security drama on any given day. A reporter possessed classified material on his personal laptop? Someone wake the President!
...oh, wait. The President's kid possessed classified material on his personal laptop too.
There's nothing really defamatory about it; if anything it might help his career. Nobody gives a shit about victimless white-collar crimes.
But child porn? You're radioactive once painted. That accusation causes actual damages.
"Now, Meek appears to be on the wrong side of the national-security apparatus. And no one can say for certain if law-enforcement officers actually removed him from the building. And thus, a riddle was born. Documents pertaining to the case remain sealed."
So, according to Siegel, Rolling Stone had information that the raid was not related to Meek's journalism. That first sentence is a lie.