Newspapers have lost big libel suits in Britain, where the libel laws are probably too accomodating to public figures. As to evidence. What's my evidence that Judith Miller is dirty? I don't have any. She's dirty. Do you believe no enemies on the left? Gotta be some, Doug.
Mike
-----Original Message----- From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> Sent: Oct 3, 2005 12:48 PM To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Poll of Top 5 Public Intellectuals! Vote For Chomsky!
Michael Hirsch wrote:
>Maybe because he's guilty of everything Greg Palast accuses him of.
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Palast should be careful about this sort of thing.
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