{
  "id": 15126748,
  "title": "When gossip protects coworkers – and when it backfires",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/when-gossip-protects-coworkers-and-when-it-backfires",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-17T05:07:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Jamaica Gleaner",
    "slug": "jamaica-gleaner",
    "url": "http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20261017/when-gossip-protects-coworkers-and-when-it-backfires"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "NEW YORK (AP): Stephanie Joseph was working at a television station when someone started a false rumour claiming she and a married colleague were romantically involved. Joseph, then 20, barely knew the man in question and didn’t hear the gossip until a producer told her it was circulating. “I’m thinking to myself, this is crazy,” she recalled. “This particular male co-worker, although he was…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}