defamation

Halbig was sued by Pozner in 2015, but Pozner dismissed the case on the day he was scheduled to be deposed by Halbig's attorney. [Apparently he was not willing to answer questions under oath.]

Maddow's lawyers argued that the news star's statement was "rhetorical hyperbole, incapable of being proved true or false." But, it can be proven false. Maddow, a graduate of Stanford and Oxford Universities and a Rhodes Scholar, is not the sort of person an audience would expect to misuse the word “literally.”

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:  A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;  A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time

Sandmann's legal team is preparing a defamation lawsuit against more than fifty celebrities, journalists, media outlets, and several Catholic dioceses for falsely accusing the Catholic boy and his classmates of harassing a Native American.

This week on the New World Next Week: police chief calls press conference then arrests everyone who attends; California is flirting with a fake news council; and there's blood in the water as the SPLC settles a defamation case.

This week on the New World Next Week: police chief calls press conference then arrests everyone who attends; California is flirting with a fake news council; and there's blood in the water as the SPLC settles a defamation case.

The term ritual defamation was coined by Laird Wilcox to describe the destruction of the reputation of a person by unfair, wrongful, or malicious speech or publication. The defamation is in retaliation for opinions expressed by the victim, with the intention of silencing that person’s influence, and making an example of him so as to discourage similar “insensitivity” to subjects currently ruled as taboo. It is aggressive, organized and skillfully applied, often by a representative of a special interest group, such as, ironically, the Anti-Defamation League.

[Prefatory Note: I feel somewhat apologetic to blog subscribers. In most respects I realize that I am wasting the time of readers by posting this response to one of my most habitual and vindictive detractors, Fred Skolnik.  I will try to make amends by posting  a more substantive text as soon as possible. I share my defensive response in this setting because it does illustrate the standard operating procedure of dedicated hasbarists, regardless of whether their work reflects personal passion or is done on assignment. Identifying the motivation is not the point.

This should be interesting.

The Washington Post is being sued for publishing actual fake news.