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NVIC sues Paul Offit, Amy Wallace & Wired Magazine for defamation (libel)
NVIC sues Paul Offit, Amy Wallace & Wired Magazine for defamation (libel)
(haven't heard anything on this yet from NVIC) http://scepticsbook.com/wp-content/u...v.-Offitv2.pdf |
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NVIC sues Paul Offit, Amy Wallace & Wired Magazine for defamation (libel)
"john" wrote:
NVIC sues Paul Offit, Amy Wallace & Wired Magazine for defamation (libel) (haven't heard anything on this yet from NVIC) http://scepticsbook.com/wp-content/u...v.-Offitv2.pdf Your a bit late to the game, John. http://www.ratbags.com/rsoles/histor...ry.htm#4fisher -- Peter Bowditch aa #2243 The Millenium Project http://www.ratbags.com/rsoles Australian Council Against Health Fraud http://www.acahf.org.au To email me use my first name only at ratbags.com |
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NVIC sues Paul Offit, Amy Wallace & Wired Magazine for defamation(libel)
john wrote:
NVIC sues Paul Offit, Amy Wallace & Wired Magazine for defamation (libel) (haven't heard anything on this yet from NVIC) http://scepticsbook.com/wp-content/u...v.-Offitv2.pdf Barbara Loe Fisher is a great children's advocate but this is silly IMHO. The entire thing is built around one sentence: "She lies" - not an official statement from Dr. Offit but something he said to a journalist who dutifully reported it (not even necessarily with his consent). The journalist is definitely off the hook. Her article may be biased but that is not actionable. Does Dr.Offit have to prove anything? IANAL but I doubt it. He expressed his private opinion. And in the very next paragraph he admitted that Barbara Loe Fisher cares about kids. That voids or at least seriously weakens his claim that "she lies" - and thus weakens her lawsuit too. Heck, if you make public appearances then being called names by somebody, somewhere in the media is normal, isn't it? Maybe her real purpose is discovery process, like finding out whether Dr.Offit gets any payments from the industry, Richard Doll - style. This is speculation of course. (Richard Doll was a well known British cancer researcher who testified that Agent Orange does not cause cancer while collecting millions of British pounds from the AO manufacturers for unspecified consulting services.) |
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