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From: filed01@abnjh.UUCP (H. Silbiger)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: re: libel
Message-ID: <209@abnjh.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 8-Aug-83 12:12:43 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug  8 12:12:43 1983
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Truth is an absolute defense in libel, since
by definition libel is falsehood.
You must be able to prove what you said was true.
For example: the statement "they don't refund money"
may be be hard to prove true, but the statement
"they did not refund my money" could be shown
to be true.