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Re: [OM] Re: Giles

Subject: Re: [OM] Re: Giles
From: "Rick Beckrich" <RBeckric@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2000 14:27:26 -0500
I'm no lawyer, but... here, condensed from Editor & Publisher  magazine  
(1-30-00) is a report that 
the US Supreme Court rejected an appeal by G. Gordon Liddy  (talk-show host & 
Watergate vet) 
to quash a lawsuit filed by a lady who was suing Liddy for comments he made. 

In this case the court rejected Liddy's contention that the woman be considered 
a "public figure" who would then be responsible proving the comments intended 
"actual malice". 

She needs only to prove Liddy's statements were negligent, untrue or defamatory.

(Emphasis mine. Scary, huh... )


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