[WikiEN-l] Saucy Sources, reliable and re : libel.

Guy Chapman aka JzG guy.chapman at spamcop.net
Thu Nov 15 11:54:14 UTC 2007


On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 04:08:55 -0500, "Alec Conroy"
<alecmconroy at gmail.com> wrote:

>>Are you willing to foot the legal bills?

>The odds of a successful libel claim are nonexistent if eight
>independent journalistic organizations have reported something as a
>fact.  Libel's just about impossible to prove anyway, and it
>definitely wouldn't apply here.   For one thing, truthfulness is
>always a defense to libel "The Guardian reported .... " is certainly a
>fact.

You think.  But it's not your money.

And do believe that I have already gone down the "according to X"
route.  I am not actually a clueless newbie.

Guy (JzG)
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