[per loin]

Yes, and many will assume it to be true, if they do not quickly and directly deny it. But if there is a smidgeon of truth in the NE report, that smidgeon should be admitted. The public accepts human differences, but despises proven liars.

[Plummz]

If it's all true, should they admit that? Would they still have the support and help of their Mormon community and the political structure which would just as soon have it shushed up?

Or can they get the community to help more by joining in the fiction that's nothing is going on by ignoring it to the point that the newspaper isn't even sold at most local outlets?