Thursday, March 15, 2007

Trivia Pur$uit

During the 18th century in London, newspaper vendors were held responsible for the contents of the papers they sold - and could be arrested and jailed if stories were false and libellous.

2 comments:

Fletch said...

"I'll give anything for a good copy now, be it true or false, so it be news."
Ben Johnson

Jenera said...

This policy should be in effect these days. Too many media outlets run amok.

Jenera