":::To say we should let the reader decide whether the ""information"" is innocuous misses the point.  (The paragraph that's now protected contains misinformation, but let's put that aside for the moment.)  The question is not whether the incident reflects badly on Kennedy, but whether it's important enough to include in this article.  We have to make judgments about that.  There's a discussion going on right now at the George W. Bush article about including a reference to the calls for impeaching Bush.  You could write a factually accurate sentence or paragraph about it, but most of us think it should be omitted anyway, because it's just not important.  No one has even suggested (as far as I remember) that the Bush article include a paragraph about his brother and the Silverado scandal.  Neil Bush was actually fined and restricted from future banking activity, whereas Smith was acquitted of the rape charge, but getting into accusations against an article subject's relatives is too peripheral except in rare situations.  

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