Sentences with phrase «not libelled»

He deserves to be recognised for it, not libelled because of his refusal to prostrate himself before private interests.

«The greatest threat to journalistic independence and integrity is not the Jesse Helmses,» a network news executive was reported saying this week, «and it's not the libel suit — it's red ink.»

«As long as you don't libel the personality — as a writer, as a creator, as a performer — you are free to treat the character any way your imagination allows,» he asserts.

Unlike the U.S. court system, in which the plaintiff must demonstrate that he or she has been libeled, Lipstadt must prove that she didn't libel him — in other words, that the Holocaust happened, and that Irving deliberately falsified evidence to suggest that it didn't.

I think it's called freedom of speech, and this is not a libel case.

But hey don't libel the climate science just for effect in this.

In other words, you can't libel someone (or some company) by telling the truth.

It's not libel because it wouldn't make it harder for McIntyre to find work as a mining consultant if he was funded by George Marshall.

It's not libel if it's an opinion (unless it's a statement of fact dressed up as opinion).

It's not libel unless you were at least negligent; if it was about a public figure, you have to have known it was false or seriously doubted its truth.

It's not libel if it's true.

The last element captures the traditional doctrine that slander (not libel) is only actionable if it falls into one of four or five specific categories («slander per se»), or if it actually causes economic injury.

Although silence itself is not libel, failing to act to allow a continued presence for libelous statements may in fact be libel itself, especially if a defendant was made aware or had reason to be aware of defamatory information that they had sufficient control over.

Not exact matches

Trump has made it clear that he is not a fan of the media, and has said that if he becomes president he intends to «open up» libel laws to make it easier to sue the press for reporting certain things.

He also appeared to imply that Ponder is committing libel — though that would require that Ponder's accusations be false; Portnoy did not deny writing the blog post.

«I'm not here to provide answers regarding this despicable libel but to denounce these ridiculous allegations,» conservative former prime minister Antonis Samaras said.

Not because it threatens national security, or features royal breasts, but because of our uniquely obliging libel laws.

I know the people libeled in this thread — I don't know all the details of personal behavior, but I know the «Discernment Group» did nothing «evil» in this matter.

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@Mike — Given your lack of understanding re blogging ethics, I don't expect you to get this but you just committed libel.

Just as an FYI — I tend to say «someone displays sociopathic tendencies» rather than calling them a sociopath outright because one can get sued for libel / slander for making a mental health diagnosis if one is not a trained professional.

-- i'm not the least concerned that i've lied or libeled anyone, i haven't.

Since when does repeated gossip, slander and libel constitute «truth» simply because it has been repeated «all those years» by people who had not seen me in over 30 years?

Robertson furiously replied that he had not been reviewing troops and that, if Sullivan didn't watch his words, he might be in trouble for «libel and slander.»

A parallel can be found in a civil right as sacred as that of free speech, which can not be infringed but does suffer some regulation: pornography, fighting words, and libel are not protected from state law by the First Amendment.

Hitler didn't appear out of a void, his attention to the Jews is a logical result of the blood libel Christians had been making for centuries.

We do not often realise how conditioned we are to slander, libel and gossip.

The story of philo «Semitism is not presented as an alternative way of considering the modern Jewish experience: indeed, as the Rubinsteins show, it arose in large part in response to worldwide persecution and violence against Jews» from the infamous Damascus «blood libel,» to the institution of anti «Jewish laws in Italy, to pogroms in Russia, to the Dreyfus case, and on into the Nazi era.

He wasn't trying to libel or slander Fluke, or to shut her up or humiliate her.

Times when Governor Berkeley of Virginia in 1670 said, «I thank God there are no free schools, nor printing, and I hope we shall not have them these hundred years; for learning has brought disobedience and heresy and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them and libels against the best government.

Laws of libel being what they are, we obviously couldn't print that, nor did the chef want us to.

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This warning is meant in a spirit of helpfulness and advice, as I do not, obviously, want to see any Gooner charged with libel.

If I'm wrong then I'll hold my hands up but what I said would be more akin to an incorrect statement and wouldn't come close to being as much of a libel case as, to take a (oough cough) completely random example and this isn't aimed at anyone in particular, accusing referees of being bent

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Nobody has ever tested the constitutionality of veggie libel laws but I don't know anyone who thinks they will stand up in court — free speech and all that.

Most lawyers I know think that food libel laws will not hold up in court.

«The UK has not only become the world capital for libel tourism.

A statement issued by Nana Ato Dadzie and George Loh, lawyers for the three, said the sentence was «harsh and excessive», adding: «We also do not believe that citizens of Ghana ought to be committed to prison for infractions on free expression especially in light of the repeal of the criminal libel law.

His legal team uncovered around 1000 tweets and 9000 re-tweets that made this completely untrue link: until Lord McAlpine decided not to, it was set to be the largest libel case in British legal history.

Dr Evan Harris, who pushed the amendment, told politics.co.uk the party wanted to alter the burden of proof in libel cases so that it rested on the claimant, not the defendant.

Libel / slander is not an exception to free speech.

With attention focussed on Leveson and libel reform featuring in the Queen's Speech, the right of the media to report freely hasn't been far from Westminster minds.

Perhaps, if and when Lord Lester's Libel Bill gets passed into law some people will follow Corporal Jones» advice «Don't panic!».

Attorneys for the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation say AG Eric Schneiderman's lawsuit «is a shocking case of misguided regulators knowingly and intentionally making false allegations that would constitute actionable libel if the allegations were not contained in a complaint.»

Remember, in American libel and slander cases, the burden of proof is on the offended party, so Batra would have to show he is, indeed, not «odd.»

The government's long - awaited libel bill is full of welcome ideas but it isn't enough to safeguard the future of journalism.

In addressing members of Parliament and journalists in London, Lancman said «all of us are threatened» when «American journalists and authors can be hauled into kangaroo courts on phoney - baloney libel charges in overseas jurisdictions who don't share our belief in freedom of speech or a free press.»

The long - overdue reform of English libel law and its chilling effect on free speech has begun, but the battle isn't won yet, warns Simon Singh