The Literature Network - Anonymous tipster controversies will not curb media liability cover.(News)(Column)

Anonymous tipster controversies will not curb media liability cover.(News)(Column)

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From: Business Insurance
Date: 20050613
Author:Gonzalez, Gloria; Parekh, Rupal

Byline: GLORIA GONZALEZ and RUPAL PAREKH

News organizations that print or broadcast information obtained from anonymous sources will still be able to find media liability insurance, but publications that suffer significant claims as a result of using such sources may pay more for the coverage.

Despite controversies related to the use of anonymous sources, such as the recent Newsweek magazine retraction of a story on alleged abuses of the Quran by U.S. soldiers guarding Muslim prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, media liability insurers will not cut back coverage to exclude ...

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