Court ruling threatens "truth as a defense," law blog says

It wasn't the media, but when Staples told employees that the reason one was fired was for padding his expense account, it may have libeled him, an appeals court ruled in Boston. The Media Law blog said it was "the most dangerous libel decision in decades. The decision puts a crack in the bedrock that threatens to undermine free speech." Frankly, I don't see many supporters of the media among the ruling five votes on the Supreme Court, so I wouldn't hope for any relief there. I've actually been waiting for this as new media pushes the boundaries, the blowback on all media may get rough.