tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11066657.post3417542938365367607..comments2024-02-08T09:27:27.492-05:00Comments on Canadian Magazines: York University has served notice of defamation against Toronto Life magazineD. B. Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13959665689155236724noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11066657.post-57698559591756490042013-10-08T17:01:43.730-04:002013-10-08T17:01:43.730-04:00When you say “angry,” I read that as “correct.”
T...When you say “angry,” I read that as “correct.”<br /><br />There is no “notice of defamation.” We are not talking about a choice between two equal options, one of which York opted for. There is one course of action at the first stage if you believe you have been defamed: Demand an apology and retraction.<br /><br />What is actually interesting is the contents of that letter. Something tells me Joe Clarkhttp://joeclark.org/weblogs/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11066657.post-4237872139589650842013-10-03T17:21:36.892-04:002013-10-03T17:21:36.892-04:00If Joe Clark – or is that "Angry Joe Clark&qu...If Joe Clark – or is that "Angry Joe Clark"? - is correct, and what Toronto Life received is a letter requesting an apology and retraction, that is indeed quite different from a notice of defamation. I know that Toronto Life received a similar request for an apology about four years ago, and the whole thing went nowhere in the end. My sense, and I'm not a libel lawyer, is that Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11066657.post-89062604668586664642013-10-02T20:08:48.044-04:002013-10-02T20:08:48.044-04:00Anonymous #2 here again.
Thanks D.B.
Yes, I know...Anonymous #2 here again.<br /><br />Thanks D.B.<br /><br />Yes, I know you're not practicing for the bar here, lol.<br /><br />But it is an interesting question: If I say Corp XYZ is a lying, thieving, no-good schmuck of a entity, what can XYZ do? <br /><br />My legal, not-called-to-the-bar gut says, "Absolutely friggin' nothing!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11066657.post-9480223027028826912013-10-01T17:03:12.488-04:002013-10-01T17:03:12.488-04:00York University sent a letter (which I have not se...York University sent a letter (which I have not seen) saying it felt it had been defamed. It may be that York would have to be satisfied with an apology or a retraction, if Toronto Life were willing to make one, which I doubt, in which case the university can pursue whatever other remedies a court would allow. <br /><br />I thought it was extraordinary that the president of one of Canada's D. B. Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13959665689155236724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11066657.post-65786820866094752822013-09-30T22:09:31.284-04:002013-09-30T22:09:31.284-04:00Long-time reader here:
Joe Clark wrote: "......Long-time reader here:<br /><br />Joe Clark wrote: "...your article is almost pointless."<br /><br />I was wondering myself, as a somewhat greying journo recalling standard j-school education: Is it possible to libel/defame an institution? I thought only individuals had a right to launch a civil suit for being besmirched.<br />defamed? <br /><br />I, along with Joe Clark, wonder if Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11066657.post-36245398348967021602013-09-30T13:26:43.034-04:002013-09-30T13:26:43.034-04:00York has got to be kidding. A lawsuit? Please.York has got to be kidding. A lawsuit? Please.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11066657.post-86852037162764584502013-09-28T10:11:13.161-04:002013-09-28T10:11:13.161-04:00Take it from a journalist who actually reads books...Take it from a journalist who actually reads books about defamation case law (you don’t): What York University served was a demand for an apology and retraction. There is no “notice of defamation” as uninformed hacks (and J-Source teenyboppers) believe.<br /><br />Also, without a copy of the actual demand in hand, your article is almost pointless. The demand must list the exact words deemed Joe Clarkhttp://joeclark.org/weblogs/noreply@blogger.com