Peddling salacious gossip in Missosology is not acceptable especially if the intention is to sensationalize the
news and besmirch the name of the target. Much more if the intention is to throw mud at or discredit the
subject after her win.
Admins decision to lock the erring article is not enough, since people can still read it. The thread needs
to be deleted. Locking it prevents more people from replying, and aggravate the situation by adding more
salt to the wound. But I agree with Sophia it needs to be expunged.
Some people say it is libelous. In libel, as a rule, the truth of the defamatory statement is not a defense by itself,
as “every defamatory imputation is presumed to be malicious, even if it be true. Even if the offender is able
to prove the truth of the defamatory statement, he is not relieved from liability.
And people peddling and spreading it are also accessories to the crime, an accomplice or a co-conspirator
somebody commented.