Vicki Iseman has dropped her $27 million defamation suit against the New York Times’s, which targeted the paper’s reporting that John McCain’s advisers had once worried the senator’s close relationship with the lobbyist could create valid public concerns about his ethics.
A friend close to the action on this case told me some time ago that [...]
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My Hunch: Vicki Iseman Totally Fucked McCain
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A Dictionary For Modern Times
libel \ˈlī-bəl\
noun
1 a: a written statement in which a plaintiff in certain courts sets forth the cause of action or the relief sought archaic : a handbill especially attacking or defaming someone
2 a: a written or oral defamatory statement or representation that conveys an unjustly unfavorable impression b (1): a statement or representation published without [...]
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