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Comment by fennecfoxen

5 years ago

Libelous material is typically presented as fact.

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barrkel  5 years ago

Oh yeah, I agree. I do think a thinly disguised essay passed off as fiction could be libellous, though. And to reiterate, I don't think the Cat Person piece is libellous.

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