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[–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

A printed lie is just a lie. Libel and slander have to do with statements of fact meant to hurt the image earning potential of a person or entity that are not true. There is an intent component and actual or possible damage. Just lying doesn't really rise to libel. This would likely fail as it's not that far off and the company itself isn't mentioned.

It's just carelessness. But yes, slander is spoken, and libel is written.

[–] sartalon@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I appreciate the clarification and the time you took to write your comment.

Thank you.

[–] trolololol@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You 2 are too polite to be real people. I'm tagging both as bots, just in case 🤣🤣🤣

[–] sartalon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

🤣

To be fair, some days I feel like one.