Wrongly Accused of Wrongly Accusing

By now, everyone has heard of the United Airlines public relations disaster that resulted in  Dr. David Dao being dragged off the flight with a bloodied face while horrified passengers looked on. After the incident blew up on the internet, details of David Dao’s personal life were being reported on. But, some people were concerned that news outlets were reporting unsavory information about Dr. Dao that was not true. This is because it was found through a Google search that there is also another Dr. David Dao that lives in Louisiana, not Kentucky. If this were to be true, many news outlets and reporters would be in major trouble because of libel and defamation laws. According to a news article by Matt Pearce for The Los Angeles Times, no, the news reports were correct. The reporters had the right information about the right Dr. David Dao so Twitter social justice warriors can rest easy knowing the news is being reported correctly.