Reminds me of an Arthur Conan Doyle short story:
- Ethical businessman gets taken for a ride by his business partner and business nearly goes broke.
- He does the right thing by his customers, and sets about rebuilding the business.
- Journo does a hatchet job on the business and the businessman, not stating that the businessman was also a victim and not the perp.
- Business starts being affected by negative publicity.
- Journo refuses to correct his error and doesn't GAF.
- Businessman gets legal opinion. Told he'll go broke with the legal costs in order to get a 2 line retraction buried in the middle pages.
- Businessman goes 'round to Journo's place and bloodies his nose as soon as he answers the door, and insists on being arrested.
- Then he defends himself in court. As he is allowed to say whatever he wants in court, he tells the whole sordid story, including what a hack the Journo is. He has invited all the media to the court session, who duly print everything and ruin the Journo completely.
- Judge gives him a minor fine for punching the Journo. No conviction recorded.
So, any volunteers?
- Ethical businessman gets taken for a ride by his business partner and business nearly goes broke.
- He does the right thing by his customers, and sets about rebuilding the business.
- Journo does a hatchet job on the business and the businessman, not stating that the businessman was also a victim and not the perp.
- Business starts being affected by negative publicity.
- Journo refuses to correct his error and doesn't GAF.
- Businessman gets legal opinion. Told he'll go broke with the legal costs in order to get a 2 line retraction buried in the middle pages.
- Businessman goes 'round to Journo's place and bloodies his nose as soon as he answers the door, and insists on being arrested.
- Then he defends himself in court. As he is allowed to say whatever he wants in court, he tells the whole sordid story, including what a hack the Journo is. He has invited all the media to the court session, who duly print everything and ruin the Journo completely.
- Judge gives him a minor fine for punching the Journo. No conviction recorded.
So, any volunteers?