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Defamation of character legal definition of Defamation of character

Any intentional false communication, either written or spoken, that harms a person’s reputation; decreases the respect, regard, or confidence in which a person is held; or induces disparaging, hostile, or disagreeable opinions or feelings against a person.

A public official or other plaintiff who has voluntarily assumed a position in the public eye must prove that defamatory statements were made with knowledge that they were false or with reckless disregard of whether they were false.

The false/factual part you guys are clinging to is only HALF the definition

Just becasue it was factual (at the time), doesnt mean they are free and clear to spew it out of context when every they feel fit. If that was the case, they could print an ad every day in every news paper till the end of time with the old incident and not have any repercussions, and his reputation is shot for life. I find the later hard to believe thats allowed.

um yea, i’m taking it you don’t know how the news/reports work when it comes to the law. if what you think this means was actually what it meant, fox news would no longer be a television station for making up the news. news can pretty much say anything they want, and if it’s found to be wrong they at most will have to report that they had the info wrong. problem being that it will be months down the road and hidden.