Those quotation marks don't mean what you think they do. I wrote that he was a "well known scumbag" and (separately) "a leech and bottom feeder". Listing his pr

Those quotation marks don't mean what you think they do. I wrote that he was a "well known scumbag" and (separately) "a leech and bottom feeder". Listing his primary attributes like you did would be totally out of line. Anyway, my comments would stand up in court. Truth is an absolute defense. Nick Denton is infamous. Google him. He runs such gems as Valleywag, Gawker, and Defamer. Self identifies as a "gossip merchant" and the title of his own web site is "Nick Denton: The long and illustrious history of bile", which is entirely accurate.