Okay, so lawyers constantly serve as press sources for coverage critical of the people they litigate against, but still…. After the New York Times reports on a revenue-splitting dispute between Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson and New Line Cinema (Ross Johnson, “The Lawsuit of the Rings”, Jun. 27), Jack Shafer wonders: “[S]houldn’t there be a Times policy against giving a partisan source, in this case a defense attorney, the cover of anonymity to call the plaintiff in a case against his client piggish?” (”Lord of the Pigs?”, Slate, Jun. 27).
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