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Um, remember Newsweek's under different management. See my other post nearby. And it's not "guilty of" libel; it's more like "liable for defamation."
by declan 13y ago
Um, remember Newsweek's under different management. See my other post nearby.
And it's not "guilty of" libel; it's more like "liable for defamation."
- michaelt 13y agoBoth 'libel' and 'liable' are real legal words. Libel refers to written/printed/online defamatory statements [1] - as opposed to slander, which is spoken defamation. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libel#Libel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libel#Libel
- kaishiro 13y agoI believe declan is referring to the fact that libel, being a civil tort, exposes one to be liable for defamation, not guilty of it (being that it's not criminal).
- declan 13y agoYep. My point is that criminal libel no longer exists in the United States, so you can't be "guilty of libel." You can held liable for libel, but that's an awkward phrasing, so "liable for defamation" is broader and better.