Question: Howard, owner of the local publication, assigned to Pat to cover a story about pollution by a local factory, Suburban Coke Corp. Although Pat used reasonable care in gathering and checking the information that was available, unknown to Pat, the story contained a defamatory statements about Suburban Coke Corp. Pam, President of Suburban Coke Corp., reads the story and has Suburban Coke Corp. sue Pat for libel. Howard, who read and published the story: