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Case Two : Story

You be the Editor

It is your newspaper's policy to include cause of death whenever possible in obituaries of newsworthy people. A prominent cleric dies but relatives refuse to discuss cause of death. A reporter is able to confirm from a close family member the cause was an AIDS-related illness.

Do you:

A. 
Go against wishes of the family and print that AIDS was the cause of death.

B. 
List the cause as complications of pneumonia, without reference to AIDS.



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