Welcome to this page that examines defamation.
Media Fails in Effort to Have Defamation Suit Tossed
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.