I'm not sure if it's the "legal definition" of slander, but it sure looks like slander to me. Last I checked, slander is not constitutionally protected.
Loosely speaking, Slander is S for Spoken, Libel is L for Literary, if that helps, its my own little memory tool for it. But a blog is a fixed medium and would be libel, me saying at a party that Bob Johnson is a %#&$ing @#%$ would be slander. Though proving defamation took place is a real bitch in either case, doubly so since the 'victim' probably qualifies as a public figure
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Chancellor of the Landsraad, Archduke of Is'Mod
Michigan attorney general defends employee's right to blog
- 30/09/2010 02:20:41 PM
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he has a right to blog, but that's slander.
- 30/09/2010 05:14:09 PM
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Libel
- 30/09/2010 05:39:58 PM
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I don't see why he shouldn't be able to keep his job
- 30/09/2010 07:20:16 PM
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For the most part, I agree...
- 30/09/2010 10:41:44 PM
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yah...if he was working another profession that'd be one thing...
- 01/10/2010 01:54:45 AM
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If the guy did something criminal, he should be terminated; if not, not.
- 30/09/2010 09:54:51 PM
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well, when you start getting into the nitty gritty, it's really not legal.
- 01/10/2010 01:56:44 AM
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I do tend to think people should be free to do what they like out of work
- 30/09/2010 11:19:35 PM
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