Word: libel
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...Asleep on the imagesetter, Kate overlooks blatant libel...
...proofers at the beginning of last semester, I thought I knew what to expect: Some removing of Crimson-hated serial commas, occasionally censoring Gossip Guy and a sneak peak at who had landed on As It Were each week. I was also prepared to pluck pesky libel out of an errant piece—and to see the sun rise on Wednesday morning every now and then...
...only one model: his father." It's a view he adamantly disputes. Since the book's English-language release, "Khan" has revealed that his real name is Shah Mohammed Rais, has denounced Seierstad for abusing his hospitality and distorting his family life, and is threatening to sue her for libel. Seierstad, whose book has become Norway's biggest nonfiction seller ever, stands by her account of the Khan clan. Whatever the truth, it's not hard to see why her searingly powerful indictment has so shaken the Khans. At one point in the book, appalled by what she regards...
...also engaged in acrimonious and counterproductive sniping matches with politicians and the press. When opposition lawmaker Kim Moon Su first accused Roh of hiding his land holdings?Roh denies any wrongdoing?the President filed a $2.5 million libel suit against Kim and four newspapers that published stories on the allegations. Last month Roh asked the courts to suspend the lawsuits until the end of his term, after an avalanche of bad press. But the damage has already been done. Making it personal doesn't look very presidential, says Choi Yang Soo, a communications scholar at Yonsei University in Seoul...
...Absolutely not! I think she should have the right to sue for libel or slander - whichever applies in each case - because her name will be ruined before the trial even starts. This is trying the victim; we are supposed to try the accused. Cathy Dubre Florida...