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Re: The Guardian unworthy of toilet paper?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 4 Oct 2005 15:53:26 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal wrote:
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So, for this, the headline reads, “Abort all black babies and cut crime,
says Republican”. That is a complete distortion designed to smear and
mislead. It’s simply outrageous, if not outright libel.
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It’s going to be difficult to get a libel charge to stick, even were he
imprudent emough to try, since those were in fact the words he said, albeit
out of context.
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But the “out of context” charge doesn’t work, either, because Bennett’s comments
are little redeemed even if you read the entire transcript. For him to claim
“not guilty by reason of quoting out of context,” he would have to show that his
comments carry a substantially different meaning in context then out. I don’t
think that’s the case here.
Dave!
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| (...) It's going to be difficult to get a libel charge to stick, even were he imprudent emough to try, since those were in fact the words he said, albeit out of context. In this day and age, with the media dog pack as bite happy as it is, (...) (19 years ago, 4-Oct-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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