"The four men resold 1.5 million tickets for performances by Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Barbra Streisand, Billy Joel, Kenny Chesney and Hannah Montana, the popular teen character played by Miley Cyrus, federal prosecutors said" asserts that federal prosecutors stated something. Remove the attribution and suddenly you are the one doing the stating. Since newspapers are supposed to print facts, this creates a problem in the event that the perpetrators are acquitted. Easy libel case.
This is also why TV newscasters always say so-and-so is alleged to have committed a crime, even if there are like 43 eyewitnesses and the guy turned himself in.
"The four men resold 1.5 million tickets for performances by Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Barbra Streisand, Billy Joel, Kenny Chesney and Hannah Montana, the popular teen character played by Miley Cyrus, federal prosecutors said" asserts that federal prosecutors stated something. Remove the attribution and suddenly you are the one doing the stating. Since newspapers are supposed to print facts, this creates a problem in the event that the perpetrators are acquitted. Easy libel case.
This is also why TV newscasters always say so-and-so is alleged to have committed a crime, even if there are like 43 eyewitnesses and the guy turned himself in.