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Why is this considered Lashon harah to some (I belive there might be a different opinion given that its public knowledge) , The facts are its all over the news. You only need to go to any one of a bunch of Newspapers or radio station websites and its there all the facts.
Isnt it better to discuss it here freely than a bunch of comments on the NY post or yahoo news?
And I am fairly sure they are discussing it there as well.
Not only are they discussing it, but some of the most vile anti semitic comments are found there as well.
i know some will not agree but this is the Halacha.
it is such as i learned it
and it is such as i asked a highly respected Posek.
being in the newspapers, being well known does not remove a statement from being Loshon Horah
first of all there may be a few (one is enough) who will hear about it for the first time
secondly being public only makes it permissible if it is said derech agav, not if it is said to continue publicizing it.
third there are a number of opinions that even when it IS permitted it is a lowly thing to state negative things about ANY fellow Jew (even if “deserved”) unless there is a Toeles.
this is the Psak I got from the Posek to whom i rely on for issues relating to my function here as moderator. i am not willing to discuss it further with the members of the CR, neither those wise and learned ones, nor others.
as regards the main page, i have refrained from asking a shaila, and therefore have no opinion.
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