Does a journalist have a burden to interview every individual who might conceivably have something to offer on the subject?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Levant v. DeMelle, 2022 ONCA 79 (CanLII):
I do not see anything in the requirements of the defence of responsible journalism that places a burden on a journalist to interview every individual who might conceivably have something to offer on the subject being written on. Certainly, no such burden is to be found in the seminal decision on this defence, Grant v. Torstar Corp., 2009 SCC 61, [2009] 3 S.C.R. 640. Indeed, placing such a burden on journalists would seem to be inconsistent with the point that McLachlin C.J. makes in Grant, at para. 113: The legal requirement to verify accuracy should not unduly hamstring the timely reporting of important news.
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