Perceptions and emotional responses are not always factual realities. Media members are human and can give into impulses to make inflammatory statements and falsely label and defame people who upset them, as Carron Phillips, a writer at Deadspin allegedly did to a boy and his family. Here's what happened, what's going on and what's likely ahead.

Defamation and more specifically online defamation: What you need to know and how to respond more successfully.

Defamation response can include more than a legal push to restore your good name. Think about the communications angle. Proving defamation is a hard road. It can be done often yet not always. Even if you emerge with legal remedy it can be highly beneficial to consider more than a one-pronged response.

The smear campaign: Most people never see it coming and never would have imagined it would happen to them. But it did. And it can.

Is Netflix in trouble over its storytelling in the show, "Baby Reindeer?" Did the company and show defame Fiona Harvey?

A $170 million lawsuit is in the courts for defamation of Harvey's reputation. Reputation Intelligence examines the case.

Winning the seemingly unwinnable defamation case. Michael Toebe and Reputation Quality look at one such legal upset where a citizen beat a powerful opponent.

Rebecca Scofield (pictured) is dumfounded and angry about someone she doesn’t know claiming Scofield is involved in the murders of four University students at the school where she teaches.

She’s thus filed a defamation lawsuit.

Will it successfully help defend her name and reputation and protect her future well being?

This article and analysis examines this story.

Alex Jones keeps losing in court and it doesn’t feel good. He’s most uncomfortable with the legal and financial punishments he's suffering after his defamation case losses.

Outside his character flaws, where else did he go wrong?