Fake news: Act responsibly

IN most democracies free speech is not an unfettered right but subject to laws and regulations. 

If any newspaper, magazine or broadcaster publishes hateful content they are, quite rightly, in peril of being prosecuted.

Because of that and because of a longstanding culture of striving for fairness and accuracy, they make every effort to ensure this doesn’t happen. This involves hiring specialists whose job it is to ensure that all content, from whatever source, is legal and legitimate.