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Brazilian tribe sues New York Times for allegedly portraying members as porn addicts (www.theguardian.com)

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The Marubo tribe of the remote Javari valley, a community of about 2,000 people, filed the defamation lawsuit seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in damages this week in a court in Los Angeles.

It also names TMZ and Yahoo as defendants, alleging that their stories amplified and sensationalized the Times’s reporting and smeared the tribe in the process.

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[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

“The fallout from the publication was not limited to public perception,” the suit says, “it destroyed lives, institutions, and culturally significant projects.”

The article doesn't elaborate on how exactly the tribe was materially harmed.

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago

their reputation was harmed tho. s'not nice, considering what everyone elses browser history looks like