Did they ‘run it by legal’, in terms of checking for potential libel issues?
If Ben wants to assume liability for libel lawsuits, I don’t see why he should be prevented from doing so. In the domain of professional investigative journalism, I can see why a company would have this standard, since the company may not want to be held liable for things an individual journalist rashly said, but that strikes me as inapplicable in this case.
(Incidentally, it seems like this is probably a standard of professional investigative journalism that I don’t think amateur investigative journalism should attempt to adhere to)
If Ben wants to assume liability for libel lawsuits, I don’t see why he should be prevented from doing so. In the domain of professional investigative journalism, I can see why a company would have this standard, since the company may not want to be held liable for things an individual journalist rashly said, but that strikes me as inapplicable in this case.
(Incidentally, it seems like this is probably a standard of professional investigative journalism that I don’t think amateur investigative journalism should attempt to adhere to)