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A brief note on libel

Posted on July 29, 2010 By Andrew Thaler 5 Comments on A brief note on libel
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Currently, a commenter on multiple blogs within our network and beyond is fallaciously attributing a quote to myself and WhySharksMatter. For the record, the quote attributed to me here, to WhySharksMatter here (please note this is an identical quote attributed to both of us at different times, and the same quote is again attributed to a third party in a completely unrelated incident), and the claim here that I altered a comment, are false.

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5 thoughts on “A brief note on libel”

  1. WhySharksMatter says:
    July 29, 2010 at 9:38 pm

    I had forgotten that he once attributed that quote to me. Heh.

  2. Mike Lisieski says:
    July 30, 2010 at 2:14 am

    Oh, that guy. I remember finding some of his stories floating around a while ago. Weird stuff.

  3. Erin W says:
    July 30, 2010 at 1:43 pm

    You can’t buy entertainment this good.

  4. Chuck says:
    July 30, 2010 at 3:55 pm

    When I first saw this post I thought it would be a magnet for trolls. I’m surprised at how quiet it’s been so far.

  5. Southern Fried Scientist says:
    July 30, 2010 at 4:28 pm

    His trolliness is busy libelling us on his own vanity blog. Normally I’d point out the errors, but his description of the incident is so verifiably false that it effectively discredits itself.

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