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Example sentences for: slander

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The Wall Street Journal "Washington Wire" reminds us that journalists can dish it out but they can't take it, with its report that Sidney Blumenthal, who is suing Matt Drudge for slander, has, via his lawyers, blasted NBC's Tim Russert for having Drudge on "Meet The Press" last weekend.
A jury cleared Carroll O'Connor of slander for calling his deceased son's cocaine supplier "a partner in murder."
Some of us respond to this slander by embracing, in the words of the cultural critic Daniel Boyarin, our "sissy heritage" and taking up, among other things, the study of Yiddish (not for nothing is it known as "mama-loshen ," the mother tongue).
Slander Patrol: Did Bradley Flip Over Vouchers?
If Starr had similarly sued Blumenthal for libel or slander instead of calling him before the grand jury (where, among other things, you're not entitled to have a lawyer present during questioning), we'd have a different story on our hands.