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How to write a bad review online without getting yourself sued | The Province

How to write a bad review online without getting yourself sued | The Province

                    How to write a bad review online without getting yourself sued | The Province Gave this interview a while ago […]

Unfortunate follow-up to leading edge issues

Unfortunate follow-up to leading edge issues

                  It is always most disconcerting to read stories like these. However it does follow from the topics we took on in […]

Parents sued for kid’s defamation

Parents sued for kid’s defamation

          Check out this story: Parents face defamation trial over fake Facebook page their kid made Fair or not? jon

Breakdown of Justice

Breakdown of Justice

  “Three Years on Riker Without Trial” — Jennifer Gonnerman, The New Yorker This is a beautifully written piece about the breakdown of the justice system in a recent New Yorker. […]

Keith Olbermann v. Bill Simmons

Keith Olbermann v. Bill Simmons

Compare and contrast from a journalistic perspective. Now compare and contrast from a defamation perspective. Now compare and contrast from the perspective of Canadian defamation law. jon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fh1x1-Z91sU

What Bill Simmons Showed About ESPN – The New Yorker

What Bill Simmons Showed About ESPN – The New Yorker

            Four questions for future class discussion: 1. Is what Simmons said defamatory? 2. If Goodell doesn’t sue should ESPN take action? 3.  If “sports […]

The right to free speech — or not?

The right to free speech — or not?

                    Interesting piece reflecting on whether there is a right to be protected from information that is uncomfortable? What about information […]

News for the Minecraft generation: Gannett experiments with virtual reality | Poynter.

News for the Minecraft generation: Gannett experiments with virtual reality | Poynter.

Have to add this. In Class one the slide said:                 Well we may be about to find out. Check out the link: […]

TMZ Sports: In praise of the site’s coverage of Ray Rice, Donald Sterling, and Jameis Winston.

TMZ Sports: In praise of the site’s coverage of Ray Rice, Donald Sterling, and Jameis Winston.

        The story can be found through this link: TMZ Sports: In praise of the site’s coverage of Ray Rice, Donald Sterling, and Jameis Winston. Have one question […]

As tech firms take on the role of newsrooms, will they care about legal fights for public interest? — Tech News and Analysis

As tech firms take on the role of newsrooms, will they care about legal fights for public interest? — Tech News and Analysis

                    Click on the story: As tech firms take on the role of newsrooms, will they care about legal fights for public […]