by the then President, they created other new allegations purported to be from their whistle blower. I am aware that the role of whistle blower is appreciated all over the world. A good example where even other Journalist may learn something is on the Watergate Scandal in 1972, which is one of the worst Political Scandal in the history of the United States. The Reporters for the Washington Post Newspaper namely, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein were investigators. They had anonymous source nicknamed “Deep Throat” who gave them the information on the involvement of the President in Burglary issue. Apart from the facts that their informer was the reliable source, the said Reporters did not act on the mounting suspicion until when they got the real proof which was the tape of Nixon’s conversations. The name of the Deep Throat was not revealed although the matters reached the Supreme Court. Likewise in this case, this court is not in need of knowing the name or the source of the allegations in Exhibit P3, what is required is the real evidence to be tabled before this Court to prove the truth of what was written. Failure of that, there is no justification for the publication. Now turning to the question as to whether the publications were privileged. Privilege is one of the fundamental principles that, there are circumstances when freedom of speech has privilege and even if it is defamatory. As to what circumstances 26

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