On Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:54:49 -0400, Kurt Ullman
wrote:

In article ,
"HeyBub" wrote:

. wrote:

You're right it would not kill them to leave out the word allegedly. But
the problem is this. Who then decides and on what criteria to
leave the word out and accuse the guy of stealing? If they come to
the wrong conclusion, they will be accuse of false reporting and
potentially open to a lawsuit. I can see it taking a lot more time and
money for the
paper than it's worth. I would not want to
be the guy deciding when to leave the word out.


Sigh. If only there were such a tort as "false reporting."

Libel or slander was the reason we were told in J-School to use
alleged until the jury returned and the gavel went down.

And police use "person of interest".