To publish ...

According to Ben, I would publish the blogger's story. I would have to make it clear where the story came from and that the blogger has an unnamed source from which he got his information. If the blogger named his sources and had actual proof of his accusations, then it wouldn't be a big problem to publish the story -but he doesn't. I would then include the senator's response, giving it pretty equal room within the story to make sure I wasn't sued for libel or anything. The senator is a public figure, which makes it newsworthy -especially since he has voiced out against many gay-related pieces of legislator.