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How tabloids hide behind the word allegedly

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Gossip magazines survive entirely on a single adverb. By slapping the word allegedly into a headline, they create a brilliant legal shield. It allows editors to print the most devastating, unverified rumors imaginable while maintaining plausible deniability in court, claiming they were simply reporting on the existence of a rumor rather than stating it as concrete fact.

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