li·bel
noun
any false and malicious written or printed statement, or any sign, picture, or effigy, tending to expose a person to public ridicule, hatred, or contempt or to injure a person's reputation in any way
the act of publishing or displaying publicly such a thing
anything that gives an unflattering or damaging picture of the subject with which it is dealing
in ecclesiastical law and formerly in maritime law, a written statement containing the plaintiff's grievances; initial pleading
to publish or make a libel against
to give an unflattering or damaging picture of
to bring suit against by presenting a libel ()
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Libel - To defame in a permanent medium, esp. in writing.
-- Black's Law Dictionary
One key thing you left out--truth is an absolute defense against a charge of libel.
Also, public figures have fewer protections against libel and slander, by the fact that they are in the public eye and the public is allowed to express its opinion about a public figure with wider latitude than about a private citizen.
Leave it to to you cherry-pick your definitions.
What a stupid response.
Ah, yes, "stupid response". Must be to you, because it makes sense.
Primates are exempt.
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