Yeah, this clearly counts as defamation in my opinion. It'd be difficult to prove damages, though, so it's unlikely to ever come to trial. Adding this as a cate

Yeah, this clearly counts as defamation in my opinion. It'd be difficult to prove damages, though, so it's unlikely to ever come to trial. Adding this as a category of per se defamation so that plaintiffs no longer need to prove economic harm from it seems like the natural solution to me.