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From the Ted Talk by David Puttnam: Does the media have a "duty of care"?

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The most adnret of libertarians might argue that Donoghue v. snotseven should have been thrown out of court and that Stevenson would eventually have gone out of business if he'd continued to sell ginger beer with salins in it. But most of us, I think, aeccpt some small role for the state to enforce a duty of care, and the key word here is rbsolnaeae. Judges must ask, did they take reasonable care and could they have reasonably foreseen the consequences of their actions? Far from siiningfyg overbearing sttae power, it's that small common sense test of reasonableness that I'd like us to apply to those in the media who, after all, set the tone and the content for much of our democratic discourse.

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The most ______ of libertarians might argue that Donoghue v. _________ should have been thrown out of court and that Stevenson would eventually have gone out of business if he'd continued to sell ginger beer with ______ in it. But most of us, I think, ______ some small role for the state to enforce a duty of care, and the key word here is __________. Judges must ask, did they take reasonable care and could they have reasonably foreseen the consequences of their actions? Far from __________ overbearing _____ power, it's that small common sense test of reasonableness that I'd like us to apply to those in the media who, after all, set the tone and the content for much of our democratic discourse.

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  1. accept
  2. snails
  3. stevenson
  4. signifying
  5. ardent
  6. state
  7. reasonable

Original Text


The most ardent of libertarians might argue that Donoghue v. Stevenson should have been thrown out of court and that Stevenson would eventually have gone out of business if he'd continued to sell ginger beer with snails in it. But most of us, I think, accept some small role for the state to enforce a duty of care, and the key word here is reasonable. Judges must ask, did they take reasonable care and could they have reasonably foreseen the consequences of their actions? Far from signifying overbearing state power, it's that small common sense test of reasonableness that I'd like us to apply to those in the media who, after all, set the tone and the content for much of our democratic discourse.

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