Number	18204
Subject	Libel
Source	Brill's Content
State	None
Year	2001
Publication Date	Fall
Summary	Brill's Content looks at a libel case involving the Drudge Report, "the popular website of conservative cybergossip Matt Drudge." The story describes how Drudge has reported that Sidney Blumenthal, a former journalist and an assistant to the president in the Clinton's administration, "has spousal abuse past that has been effectively covered up..." The article focuses on the negative emotions that Jacqueline Blumenthal, Sidney's wife, has experienced because of the defamatory report. "It should not be acceptable for an Internet publisher - or any other publisher - to fact-check reputaion-damaging gossip by disseminating it, then issue a retraction only if and when it becomes apparent that the victim is going to sue," the Brill's Content concludes.
Category	General
Pages	20
Keywords	politics;Matt Drudge;defamation;reputation;public figures;AOL;spousal abuse;White House;journalistic standards;ethics;litigation;courts
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