Archive for category: Defamation
Information about defamation, libel, and slander, mostly excerpted from reputable books on the topic
- The dumb Millennial’s guide to ‘Xtra’ (2015.08.24)
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Toronto’s bien-pensant media intelligentsia want Xtra’s “pink” newspaper boxes back. What they don’t want is the task of investigating Xtra. Good thing I’m here
- Defamation law for bloggers: Don’t be in a rush (2011.10.11)
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A recent court case seriously lowers the bar on how much effort a journalist has to put into contacting a source for comment to avoid a defamation ruling
- Trashy gay site libels trashy gay moguls (2011.02.11)
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“LGBT” news site Queerty reaches a new low in an apparent 70 counts of legal defamation
- ‘Libel’ (2009.12.09)
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A few excerpts from the book Libel by Peter Downard
- ‘The Law of Libel and Slander in Canada’ (2009.10.15)
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Useful snippets from The Law of Libel and Slander in Canada by Jeremy S. Williams