Here's a very interesting story. It's worth a read for anyone interested in the law's treatment of defamation in the Internet age.
The backstory is this. Yesterday, Deadspin, the most popular sports blog on the Internet with about 4 million views per month, unleashed holy war on its longtime foil, ESPN. Without summarizing all the sordid details, basically Deadspin was miffed that when they asked ESPN awhile back whether certain rumors about Steve Phillips were true, ESPN denied them. Well, the rumors were confirmed yesterday when the NY Post blew the lid off of Phillips' Fatal Attraction-esque affair. In retaliation, Deadspin decided to empty its email box of all manner of tips it received from ESPN employees and others regarding similarly scandalous affairs, including those of high ranking executives. This then blew up the Internet and Twitter. It also apparently led to a meeting at ESPN yesterday evening, as reported by Deadspin itself.
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