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by noir_lord 4240 days ago
US courts (at a state level) have occasionally ruled similarly, it is a worrying trend.

> The court ruled in the case of Noonan v. Staples that truth published with “actual malice” gleaned from the context of the statement can give rise to a libel lawsuit.

http://itlaw.wikia.com/wiki/Noonan_v._Staples