Here’s this week’s hypothetical: A news organization reveals damaging information about a person. Maybe they confront him with it, and record his reactions on camera. Maybe they find others to talk about it. He is humiliated. He kills himself. Or he kills someone else — like the person who said the damaging things.
Now the question: Is the news organization legally responsible for the death?
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