Last week’s opinion and jury verdict in Cox ICK v. CRYSTAL COX (DC Or.) It sounds like a fun and productive development. My first amendment Amendment-loving friend Ernie from Glen Burnie just called and called and said ne wants to chill speech. But bloggers of the on-line hater “notes from the underground” persuasion may no longer have the luxury of “Cartooning”: (1) purposely attempting to mar reputations (of non-public figures especially) through malicious, bad and incomplete “reporting” and (2) manipulating the Net to make sure people see the smear. See by Kashmir Hill “Why An Investment Firm Was Awarded $2.5 Million After Being Defamed By Blogger“. Brilliant–and high time. Merry Christmas, folks. Now, let’s see…what were those four categories of defamation per se again?
