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
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