Public Responsibility due to Free Press

[The13thMan]

[FONT="Trebuchet MS"]As the title suggests, i'm asking the question of what responsibility an individual or group has towards the public as a result of our freedom of the press. I'm asking this question in light of Jenny McCarthy's shenanigans. Let me start off by providing a link or two.

This first one is by a random blog i just found on google that gives a brief sum up of what she did on the side of pro-vaccine.
[URL="http://scrubnotes.blogspot.com/2008/04/jenny-mccarthys-anti-vaccine-autism.html"]http://scrubnotes.blogspot.com/2008/04/jenny-mccarthys-anti-vaccine-autism.html[/URL]

This one is a the search results from a blog that frequently blogs about Jenny McCarthy and her anti-vaccine hoo-blah. It's written by the Yale nuerologist, Steven Novella MD.
[URL="http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?s=jenny+mccarthy"]http://www.theness.com/neurologicablog/?s=jenny+mccarthy[/URL]

I believe, though not with 100% certainty, that she was on Oprah once. Oprah, of course, backed up McCarthy. I bring up Oprah for this discussion and not Larry King because i know that Oprah supported McCarthy and i have no idea whether Larry King did, though i doubt he would have. Should Oprah also be held accounted for what the people say that she brings onto her show?

Oi, that's not quite all of it, but i got distracted (I just unexpectedly found out i got another scholarship for 2 grand a semester, sweet). So, i'll let you guys discuss, and i'll jump in with more later. [/FONT]