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Originally Posted by TropicCat
I think you misunderstood me. For starters, folllow the link I posted, take a minute and read the article. This alone will set you apart from John. You'll discover that this isn't a typical character assasignation. It isn't an unnamed sources peice. It isn't a 'general piece'. It's very specific. People are mentioned, first and last name and quotes taken from witnesses.
You see, it's not just the publisher who can can be sued if the article is fabricated..
I stand by my remarks
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I'm beginning to wonder whether
you have actually read the article. It doesn't accuse Governor Palin of trying to
censor books. It accuses her of
asking the librarian, during a public hearing, whether she would
agree to remove any book from the library, if she were requested to do so.
Governor Palin explained that she wasn't
asking that any books be
censored. She said her question was
rhetorical.
The article isn't legally actionable because it doesn't
defame Governor Palin. It doesn't accuse her of trying to
censor books from the library. The article doesn't recount even
a single instance in which Governor Palin ever asked that a single book be censored. It merely accuses her of
asking the librarian whether she would submit to censorship, if asked to do so.
In my career, I often asked similar rhetorical questions during public hearings, not because I wanted to ask anyone to do anything improper, but because I wanted to make citizens in the audience understand the ethical implications of what they were requesting.
The article represents a cheap shot at Governor Palin, because it
implies improper conduct without making an outright accusation. If someone wrote such an article about you, you'd be outraged, but, since it's about Governor Palin, you apparently have no reservations about using it to wound her.