- More on broad “right of publicity” bill in New York legislature [Jonathan Peters, Columbia Journalism Review; earlier]
- “Court Orders Man Who Sued News Orgs For Clipping His Facebook Video To Pay Everyone’s Attorney’s Fees” [Timothy Geigner, TechDirt]
- ABC settles “pink slime” defamation lawsuit on undisclosed terms [AP, earlier]
- “Power Line” blogger attends media reception at White House, finds notes subpoenaed by travel ban challengers [Scott Johnson, City Journal]
- “Europe serves as a warning against Sarah Palin and Trump’s libel law crusade” [Tom Rogan, Washington Examiner]
- Litigation consequences of scripted hookups on reality TV: last paragraph is especially surreal [James Callenberger, Vulture]
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RE: Rogan’s Article On Libel.
This seems to me to be a self serving piece in which Rogan seems to be arguing that the press has the right to knowingly lie and not be held accountable. It is just us peons that need to follow libel and slander laws.
The “press,” he feels, are above us all.