Upon reading Carter's story, Gallagher becomes enraged that he is being investigated for a crime he claims he did not commit. It was the prosecutor of the case who leaked the story to Carter in order to get information from Gallagher about the kidnapping. He suspects that Gallagher knows something about it.
When Gallagher began to question Carter about the story and her sources, a budding romance ensues, however; Gallagher's life begins to unravel because of the false accusations.
Carter is contacted by one of Gallagher's closest friends who suffers from emotional and mental issues and gives him an alibi for the time of the kidnapping. When Carter publishes the story, Gallagher's emotionally unstable friend commits suicide.
Gallagher decides to come up with an elaborate plan to entrap everyone who has harmed him and those close to him during this incident. Unfortunately he also ends up nailing Carter for her lack of compassion dealing with the case.
10 Things I Learned About Being a Better Journalist from the Film Absence of Malice
1) One must seek out the facts in a story, but it is important to always important to make sure you facts are 100% accurate
2) Never become romantically linked with the subject of your news story
3) Never go and visit the subject after you have second handedly causing his best friend to commit suicide
4) Follow your gut and not necessarily what other people advise you to do.
5) When a person is uncomfortable about revealing themselves as a source, do not force them
6) Make sure that you get both sides of the story before you print ANYTHING!
7) Do not take the blame for things that are out of your control
8) When you sense a situation is going out of control, do your best to stop it and don't add fuel to the fire
9) Give those suspected the benefit of the doubt until they are proven guilty
10) Always approach a story from every possible angle
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