7. One who listens to a story that he knows is true, however he is able to judge the subject favorably, if the speaker judges him negatively, and he agrees with the speaker, he has transgressed the prohibition of accepting lashon hara.
8. This rule is even when speaking about an average person, how much more so when speaking about someone God fearing, if he accepts the speaker’s negative interpretation of the story, he has transgressed the prohibition of accepting lashon hara.
