Depends on how recent. I usually include everything on a profile. I've sometimes wondered, when adding clippings to profiles on my Ancestry tree, whether close relatives of some of the people might mind the unflattering details, but so far I haven't had any feedback.
I wouldn't feel right about posting something to my (public) tree, then sending an edited version to a relative of the person negatively portrayed.
If you have concerns, maybe you should discuss the details with the people you're sending information to.
Edit was minor clarification.
