Donald Trump has some thoughts on libel laws

By Eriq Gardner

Donald Trump has lost a $5 billion defamation lawsuit against an author who claimed the real estate baron and star of "The Apprentice" was worth $150 million to $250 million — not the billions of dollars that Trump claimed to be worth.

Trump sees this as proof that the libel laws aren't working.

“The libel laws in this country have never been fair,” he said. “We proved our case 100 percent. We’ll appeal and see what happens. Unfortunately, the court’s decision today condones the gross negligence, and lack of professionalism and bias on the part of a reporter.”

Trump can always move to the U.K, where the libel standards fit his desires, although we have to warn him that given the bad exchange rate between the dollar and the pound, he might not even be a millionaire in that country.

Comments

[E F Orwell]

The UK Libel Laws have taken another step into the abyss and could signal the end of Free Speech. A UK based media club, The Groucho Club which is owned by a billion pound corporation ‘Graphite Capital’ have launched a one of kind High Court action for a pre publishing test case for libel against Tyrone D Murphy, the author of an exposé book about the club. The book has not been completed yet and the case seems to be based on what could be written and not what has been written. www.g-book.co.uk is the book web site

What do you make of this type of case where a legal action can be taken against a writer of a book that has not been written yet. This action is certainly a threat against all writers and journalists