In the United Kingdom, it is interesting to note a decision that will have considerable consequences in terms of case law, namely the Jameel v. Wall Street Journal Europe case, in which the House of Lords ruled that a newspaper was entitled to publish unproved allegations if they were in the public interest, provided that it had done all it could to establish the facts52.
La loi française sert cependant de référence ou de modèle et de justification à des pays ou l’on n’hésite pas à mettre en prison ceux, journalistes ou non, qui sont reconnus coupables – et pas toujours avec les mêmes garanties d’une procédure judiciaire complexe! – de telles infractions.