The legal doctrine of false light addresses people's right to not have false or misleading information, which puts them in a false light, made public. In other words, it deals with the invasion of a person's privacy by disseminating false or misleading information, rather than the gathering of information through invasion of privacy. Walter leaves his position on the City Council to care for his wife, who has serious health problems. The small town's local newspaper prints a story about Walter's resignation, alluding to "anonymous sources" reporting Walter was a little too friendly with the administrative assistants and other women at the office. This led to talk about whether Walter had an affair. Walter, who is certainly friendly with everyone at the office, never had an affair, and is terribly embarrassed and indignant over the incident, and the damage to his reputation. Because the newspaper disclosed information that painted Walter in a false light, he may choose to file a civil lawsuit under the tort of false light. In this case, the misleading information was published in the town newspaper, intentionally, with reckless disregard for the falsity of the information, in exchange for higher readership.