You have to consider the full sentence and the context. He has not said; "committing libel is a common thing for them" He has said; "My comments on the SC M

You have to consider the full sentence and the context. He has not said; "committing libel is a common thing for them" He has said; "My comments on the SC Magazine article were deleted. The "journalist" who invented the article has not altered it or contacted me in any way. The two CEOs have also remained silent. Apparently, committing libel is a common thing for them, and they are comfotable completely ignoring the protests of their victims." The word "Apparently" is doing a lot of heavy lifting here. It is essentially saying "In light of this stated behaviour, it would seem reasonable to assume that...". He is not making a statement of bald fact however, which is what you are presenting it as by removing the context. Amusingly, you are possibly being slightly libellous here by suggesting that he is.