Tag Archives: actual malice

Outtakes and Vagabonds: I was once on a jury for a case that settled

Posted on April 19, 2023 by Naomi

I, too, was disappointed in Dominion’s settlement with Fox, most likely because I had wild expectations that it’d mean the End of Fox. Eventually. But pretty quickly I exited the realm of alternative reality and understood the settlement meant the … Continue reading →

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Defamation: Trump’s ignorance about the law and the First Amendment

Posted on January 12, 2018 by Naomi

The creature just does not understanding anything. A solid read from Publisher’s Marketplace, with a little bit of bolding: A Different Fury: Trump Inspires Free Speech Defenders President Trump gave a big boost to nonprofits that safeguard freedom of the … Continue reading →

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Oh foo. We have to define defamation again. AGAIN

Posted on January 6, 2018 by Naomi

Now that Trump has, once again, in a tiresome lifetime of such tiresome threatened lawsuits, threatened a lawsuit for defamation against Michael Wolff and his publisher, Holt, I guess it’s time to return to the legal definition of defamation, i.e., … Continue reading →

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