Comments on: Switcheroo: newspaper publisher threatens to sue politician for libel https://www.overlawyered.com/2017/02/switcheroo-newspaper-publisher-threatens-sue-politician-libel/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 21 Feb 2017 22:26:23 +0000 hourly 1 By: Not a Fake Commenter https://www.overlawyered.com/2017/02/switcheroo-newspaper-publisher-threatens-sue-politician-libel/comment-page-1/#comment-344318 Mon, 20 Feb 2017 16:32:52 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=63221#comment-344318 In reply to Walter Olson.

Unlikely a politician is going to be “financially ruined” by this kind of a lawsuit….the point would be more that maybe they’ll sit up and take notice that you can’t just throw around this fake catchphrase without consequences. Doubt we’ll ever get to the lead dog of this weird phenomenon, but you gotta start somewhere.

]]> By: Walter Olson https://www.overlawyered.com/2017/02/switcheroo-newspaper-publisher-threatens-sue-politician-libel/comment-page-1/#comment-344317 Mon, 20 Feb 2017 15:31:18 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=63221#comment-344317 In reply to Not a Fake Commenter.

Yes, let’s sue people who use political catchphrases we don’t like until they shut up or are financially ruined.

]]> By: Not a Fake Commenter https://www.overlawyered.com/2017/02/switcheroo-newspaper-publisher-threatens-sue-politician-libel/comment-page-1/#comment-344316 Mon, 20 Feb 2017 14:48:25 +0000 https://www.overlawyered.com/?p=63221#comment-344316 Well, good. I’m tired of this “fake news” easy label being thrown around, on both sides. Let’s move past that (unless we’re talking about The Onion) and just deal with it.

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