JKR felt she had the money to hire lawyers for however long it was necessary, and Spurling knew even winning the lawsuit would be financially devastating. I have lawyers on retainer, and the US's defamation laws include anti-SLAPP provisions.
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It's pretty obvious that saying someone is a danger to children is grounds for a libel action. You don't care about that though.
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Replying to @paul_smortions @MFnP and
Look it up, Einstein. Opinions are not defamation under the law (either US or UK).
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"Rowling has made it clear that she can no longer be trusted around children". I was 20 years a journalist. I know, without question, that statement is over the line. It's not presented as an opinion.
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Replying to @paul_smortions @Azuaron and
The difference between a statement of fact and a statement of opinion does not in any sense rely on "magic words" like using the phrase "in my opinion" People who think there's any semantic difference between "You're evil" and "In my opinion you're evil" are incredibly tedious
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Azuaron and
And yet "JKR is a danger to children" will obviously and rightly get you sued, and qualifying that statement carefully will reduce that likelihood. You think journalists don't do this every day of the week? The word 'allegedly' being the clichéd escape?
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Replying to @paul_smortions @arthur_affect and
You changed the statement. Who said she's "a danger" to children?
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Replying to @Azuaron @arthur_affect and
My mistake, "cannot be trusted around".
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Replying to @paul_smortions @Azuaron and
I mean it's factually true I myself cannot trust JK Rowling around children, it is beyond my mental capacity Here gimme a sec Yup, I just tried to do it and failed
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Azuaron and
I can trust her, so it clearly isn't true. Left yourself a bit open to that one, didn't you?
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Hmm, I don't believe you, I think you're lying Guess we'll have to take this one to court Prepare yourself for discovery
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Replying to @arthur_affect @paul_smortions and
Well, if some people cannot trust her around children and others can, I'd use JKR's criterion and default on the safe option of not trusting her around children.
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