Word: libeller
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Nixon responded to this by labeling Muskie's statement "a libel on the American conscience." Then with the pot-luck inspiration of the truly smart poker player, Citizen Richard re-inforced his statement by adding that he even had a specific black in mind who he felt would be an asset to any national ticket: Senator Edward Brooke of Massachusetts...
...exactly turning the other cheek, the Children have slapped four leaders of the parents' group with a $1,100,000 suit for libel and slander, and have brought a $300,000 suit against Texas officials and a mother for allegedly railroading one 18-year-old member into a mental institution...
...Journal printed the column -minus the offensive lines-and explained rather lamely that it had been concerned about libel charges. "The Journal couldn't keep the faith," retorted the mayor. The incident, he went on, "illustrates how channels of communication in a monopolistic situation are so clogged by the monopoly that the public is denied access to a free flow of truth." In announcing that he would be deaf to Journal Co. reporters, Maier was perhaps listening to the voice of political experience. He was re-elected overwhelmingly in 1968 after dueling with the press, and the next election...
Most obsequious cuddling up to the auto industry: Hailey, who in a chapter about an auto exec's messy marriage, libel-proofs himself with a list of Detroit's "lasting love stories which had weathered well," and then adds, "There had been many outstanding second marriages, too-the Henry Fords, Ed Coles, Roy Chapins...
...unfortunate that Sanders claims all kinds of ominous links between the Process and coyote-man without clearly substantiating them, for they have now initiated a $1.5 million libel suit against both Sanders and Dutton, thus diverting attention from their actual day-to-day activities. The link is hardly proven, but the overall taste left in the mouth after a perusal of the Process' current Death Issue magazine, which reprints part of an "article" written by Manson, is not in the least pleasant. Robert DeGrimston, the founder of the Process, has published three books on war, supposedly based on the words...