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I'm not from the US and don't know how the law there works exactly, but over here, if a person fabricates a libelous story and feeds it to a journalist - howeve
by ptaipale 10y ago
I'm not from the US and don't know how the law there works exactly, but over here, if a person fabricates a libelous story and feeds it to a journalist - however much encouraged by that journalist - and this is published, then the person, the journalist and the publisher are all guilty of libel.
For other parties, at least the mob that trashed fraternity building should be prosecuted.
Of course one very real victim here is people who actually have been raped or assaulted at campuses. Their stories will now be harder to believe.
- adrianratnapala 10y agoYes, they are clearly all guilty of defamation, but the question is whether the defamation is a crime or a tort. Nitpick: "libel" is defamation in writing and "slander" is verbal defamation. So perhaps guess Jackie was guilty of slander while RS is guilty of libel.