Well, there's the
Submitted by James X. on Tue, 09/25/2007 - 11:15am.

Well, there's the common-sense perspective of, "Did he have a legitimate reason for talking with the 17-year-old," and in this case it seems the answer is yes. And then there's the journalistic perspective of whether unsubstantiated rumors of criminal activity merit publication, and if so, how careful one has to be to make it clear that such rumors are, indeed, unsubstantiated.

I couldn't help but note the irony when reading the Tribune's comment policy:

Comments judged to be inappropriate for publication due to ... unsubstantiated allegations of criminal activity ... will be removed.

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