Defamation

Sadly, It Seems Sandra Fluke Wasn't The First Woman Falsely Accused of Being a Prostitute by an Intimidated Man.

Sarah O'Leary | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Religion News, Equality, Women's Issues, Rush Limbaugh, Catholicism, Sandra Fluke, Religious Freedom, Media, Sexual Abuse, Defamation, Religious Tolerance, Sexuality, Gender, Catholic Church, Women's Empowerment, Gender Equality, Religion, Rush Limbaugh Sandra Fluke, Talk Radio, Mary Magdalene, Fcc, Virgin Mary, Radio, Women and Politics, Conservative Talk Radio, Religious Right, Religion and Politics, Religion and Sexuality, Objectification, Women News

It seems the Bible never referred to Mary Magdalene as a prostitute. A Catholic Pope did.

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Gender Slurs: Why What Rush Limbaugh Said Is So Damning to Women

Sarah O'Leary | Posted 05.13.2012

Read More: Broadcasting, Hate Crimes, Political Talk Radio, Rush Limbaugh Sandra Fluke, AM Radio, Liberal Talk Radio, FCC Media Consolidation, FCC Chairman, Male Sexuality, Conservative Talk Radio, Sandra Fluke Rush Limbaugh, Religion and Sexuality, Kevin Martin FCC, National Association of Broadcasters, Clear Channel Communications, Rape, Rush Limbaugh, Broadcast Indecency, Clear Channel, Sandra Fluke, Radio Stations, Defamation, Sexual Assault, Sexuality, Women's Sexuality, Talk Radio, Right Wing Talk Radio, Anti-Defamation League, Fcc, Radio, FCC Net Neutrality, Objectification, Media News

Rush Limbaugh's use of "slut" and "prostitute" was a textbook example of how horrifically damning gender slurs are, and why such forms of abuse deserve swift and serious action.

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Why It is Important That Sandra Fluke Sue Limbaugh (and O'Reilly?) for Defamation

Paul Abrams | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Slut Accusation, Defamation, Rush Limbaugh, Sandra Fluke, Prostitute Accusation, Rush Limbaugh Sandra Fluke, Rush Limbaugh Slut, Politics News

Sandra Fluke should pursue a lawsuit against Rush Limbaugh. The right-wing's echo chamber has enabled them to attack personally private citizens and public figures with impunity, explaining, dissembling, trivializing and overwhelming decent discourse.

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Protecting Our Free Speech

Iris Erlingsdottir | Posted 02.26.2012

Read More: Freedom of Speech, Free Press, Anti-SLAPP Act, Public-Figures, Libel, Anti-Slapp, Defamation, New York Times v Sullivan, Public Figures, World News

After the recent Reykjavik District Court decisions penalizing a journalist for reprinting publicly-available information and presenting both sides of a domestic dispute, the Icelandic Supreme Court has taken some baby steps towards establishing a free press in Iceland.

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Lanny Davis' Anti-SLAPP Defense Moving Forward In Court

The Huffington Post | Arin Greenwood | Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: Michael Schaffer, Court, Law, Video, First Amendment, Dan Snyder, District of Columbia, 3m, Anti-Slapp, Defamation, D.C., Washington City Paper, Lawsuit, Lanny Davis, DC News

WASHINGTON -- According to a Tuesday court order, Lanny Davis' anti-SLAPP action against Post-It Note manufacturer 3M, which is accusing the famous D....

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More Schwarzenegger Drama: A Defamation Lawsuit

Posted 10.05.2011

Read More: Gawker, Tanner Tousignant, Tammy Tousignant, Maria Shriver, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Defamation, Lawsuit, Celebrity News

By now, news of ex-California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's extramarital affair with a member of his household staff is as old as "hasta la vista."...

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Forensic Art Expert Sues Over New Yorker Article

ARTINFO | Posted 09.06.2011

Read More: Peter Paul Biro, Jackson Pollock, Pat Wertheim, Defamation, Forensic Art, Thomas Hoving, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Biro, Forensics, David Grann, Jay Leno, Who the #$% Is Jackson Pollock, Lawsuit, Arts News

Forensic art analyst Peter Paul Biro, the subject of a 2010 exposé in the New Yorker, is suing the magazine's publisher for defamation to the tune of...

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Why You Should Hide Your Computer After A Split

Vicki Larson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Blogs, Social Media, Scott Friedman, First Amendment, ihateher.com, Twitter, Divorce, Nora Ephron, Ilana Gershon, Exes, Singles, Facebook, Defamation, Don'tDateHimGirl.Com, Tesla Motors, Elon Musk, Divorce News

Divorce used to be a lot easier. Oh, not because of changes in divorce laws or family courts, but because the worst that could happen is that you'd ca...

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Prominent Fashion People Circle the Wagons Around Galliano

Disgrasian | Posted 05.25.2011

What's interesting about all this is how the fashion world circled the wagons around Galliano once these incidents came to light. (Hey, we don't call it "fashism" here for nothing.)

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Michael Lewis Sued For 'The Big Short'

Reuters | Grant McCool | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wing Chau, Steven Eisman, Sued, Ww Norton and Company, The Big Short, Michael Lewis, Defamation, Liars Poker Author, Lawsuit, Business News

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Michael Lewis, best-selling author of "The Big Short" about the mortgage meltdown, has been sued for defamation by an asset man...

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Nigerian Jailed For Facebook 'Curse'

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sule Lamido, Social Media, Freedom of Speech@Y:World, Nigerian Man Jailed Over Facebook, Libel, Goodluck Jonathan, Mukhtar Ibrahim Aminu, Nigeria, Facebook, Defamation, World News

Said to have traumatized a state governor so badly he required hospitalization, a Nigerian man's politically-charged Facebook rants have landed him in...

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The Slow Demise of Defamation and the Privacy Torts

Daniel J. Solove | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Libel, Defamation, Privacy, Lawsuits, Free Speech, Media News

We need to have some meaningful way to prevent defamation and invasion of privacy. Otherwise, people will spread all sorts of damaging rumors and gossip about each other online.

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Apology for Vilifying One Man, Yet No Apology for Killing 1.5 Million

Harut Sassounian | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Guenter Lewy, Turkey, Defamation, Armenian Genocide, Taldf, Alabama, Turkish Penal Code, Tca, Libel, University of Utah Press, Revisionist Historian, Splc, Article 301, World News

In 2008, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) published an exposé of the Turkish government's efforts to pressure U.S. politicians and academics to deny the facts of the Armenian genocide.

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Brad Sherman's Middle East Town Hall Rife With Fear and Aggression

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011

On July 3, 2010, I received an email from a friend informing me that Congressman Brad Sherman, who is seeking reelection to his 8th term in California...

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Will Amanda Knox's Parents Go To Jail?

The Daily Beast | Barbie Latza Nadeau | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Italy, American in Italy, Murder, Amanda Knox Guilty, Amanda Knox Parents, Defamation, Amanda Knox, Amanda Knox Murder, World News

Amanda Knox, the American student in Italy convicted of murdering her British roommate, accused the police of physical abuse, but her lawyers never ba...

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Don't Criticize Your Art Dealer Online

Daniel Grant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Andy Warhol, Youtube, Claire Forlani, Facebook, Donn Zaretsky, Defamation, Arts News

The opportunities to defame someone have increased with communication technology. It is the ease of announcing one's grievances to the world that have some artists' lawyers concerned.

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The Fat Line Between Free Speech and Defamation

Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.25.2011

When the religious response to ridicule moves from condemning a rhetorical tactic to condemning the very act of criticism itself, fair discourse is halted before it can even begin.

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ADL's Foxman Crying Wolf?

Brad Hirschfield | Posted 05.25.2011

The issue here is not a tiff between Abe Foxman and Andrew Sullivan but the dangerous devaluation of the real and ugly phenomenon of anti-Semitism.

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Michael O'Donovan: Ex-Dunkin' Donuts Exec Sues Company For Spreading Rumors Of His 'Excessive Drinking'

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dunkin Donuts, Dunkin' Donuts, Defamation, Dunkin Donuts Executive, Business News

A former top executive at Dunkin' Brands who helped assemble the chain's culinary dream team has filed a $5 million lawsuit that accuses the company o...

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Congress: Protect American Writers and Publishers from Being Sued Overseas

Judy Platt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: First Amendment Rights, Libel Tourism, Free Speech, Congress, Brazilian Law, Writing, Defamation, Brazil, Lawsuit, England, Funding Evil, Saudi Arabia, Libel, New York Times, Publishers, Air Traffic, Mahfouz, Books News

Your book's been published in the United States for an American audience. Someone who's mentioned in the book doesn't like what you've written and sues you for libel, but he doesn't sue you here, where the book has been published.

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Obama's Human Rights Opportunity in Singapore

Robert Amsterdam | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Freedom of Assembly, Apec, Chee Soon Juan, Democracy, Canada, Obama, Autocracy, Defamation, Singapore Democratic Party, Amnesty International, Freedom of Speech, People's Action Party, Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, Human Rights, Asean, Freedom of Expression, Harper, World News

Any American president should be horrified by the conditions under which opponents of the regime in Singapore have been harassed. The APEC summit presents an opportunity to set the record straight.

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Hate Speech Can Be Countered With Truth, Leadership

Salam Al Marayati | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Islam, Muslim, Defamation, Freedom of Religion, Free Speech, Healthy Living News

Countering anti-Muslim rhetoric, like opposing anti-Semitism, is a noble cause. But there's a fine line between hate speech and hate crimes. We need to ensure that any legislation dealing with religious freedom does not curtail free speech.

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Donald Trump Defamation Lawsuit Dismissed

New York Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Trump Nation, Defamation, Defamation Suits, Donald Trump Defamation, Donald Trump, Media News

Donald Trump's bid to silence an author who claims the developer is worth far less than the billions he claims was dealt a major blow after a New Jers...

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Increased Visibility Comes With Increased Defamation

Neil G. Giuliano | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Freedom of Assembly, Yes on Prop 8, Gay Rights, Smear Ads, Prop 8, No on Prop 8, Libel, New York Times, Gay Activism, Social Activism, Gay Marriage, Marriage Equality, Defamation, Media News

Rather than serving as platforms for lies and inaccuracies, media outlets should be calling out anti-gay activists when they resort to defamation, lies, and rhetoric that promote homophobia.

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