Tag Archives: defamation
“Why are lies called falsehoods now?”
That’s part of a reader’s comment on a New York Times story about a nutty conspiracy theory that wrecked a professional conference in Atlanta, Georgia. I can answer the question, which has been at the forefront of attacks on journalism … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Propaganda, The Facts of Life, Trumpism
Tagged conspiracy theories, defamation, libel, lie versus falsehood, Lilllian Hellman, MAGA, mainstream journalism, Mary McCarthy, New York Times, social media, what is a falsehood, what is a lie
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I go out shopping and what does the jury do?
Wham. They deliberated and decided while I was shopping! Didn’t wait for me to get home. And decided in favor of E. Jean Carroll in her defamation damages lawsuit against Trump. For continual defamation. Guy can’t shut up. The number … Continue reading
Posted in Crime & Punishment, Good Things Happening, Indicting Trump, Judiciary, Law, suits and order, Lawyers, political campaigns, Politics, The Facts of Life, The filthy rich, Trumpism
Tagged damages for defamation, defamation, E. Jean Carroll, Trump
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How vile is slander? This vile
Vice hath not, I believe, a more abject slave; society produces not a more odious vermin; nor can the devil receive a guest more worthy of him, nor possibly more welcome to him, than a slanderer. The world, I am … Continue reading
Posted in Law, suits and order, political campaigns, The Facts of Life, Trumpism
Tagged defamation, Henry Fielding, slander, Tom Jones
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