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No he was given false info by his client who paid him to get it out in the
press. He had no responsibility to prove everything that he gave the press
was true. If PR people had to do that they would all be out of business in
a
week. Their job is to spin information to put their client in the best
light.

On the other hand the press has a responsibility to check facts.
ESPECIALLY
when it comes from a PR firm.



In other words, I DO understand this.

So..., If a client gives a PR person something to spin, the PR hack
has NO responsibility. That's what your understanding is? It doesn't matter
whether the material is good or total BS?
I predict some back-pedalling coming here. Like, "Oh well, if I KNOW
it's BS, I won't take the job." Well, how about when you have some suspicion
that the info isn't on the up and up? Do you spin it then? Or do you do
some questioning? Are the $$$ bigger than the ethics?
How about when some convincing flake passes plausible BS to the
reporter? The reporter, you say is obligated to determine the material is
true, yet you have no responsibility to make sure its true in the first
place. In other words, you can BS the public... if nobody catches it at the
news desk.