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Cheers!
I'm not familiar with Florida Stat. 836.04, the criminal statute the ever-present Allred cites. It's at odds with Florida's abandonment of common law civil per se defamation of a woman's virtue through use of the word 'slut' and similar words ('prostitute' is different, as it suggests criminal behavior). If I have time, I'll see if 836.04 has been cited by any cases lately.
I don't know how Florida's criminal defamation statute meshes with limited public figures.
There are also 'apology provisions' in 836.08:
If it appears upon the trial that said article was published in good faith; that its falsity was due to an honest mistake of the facts; that there were reasonable grounds for believing that the statements in said article were true; and that, within the period of time specified in subsection (2), a full and fair correction, apology, and retraction was published in the same editions or corresponding issues of the newspaper or periodical in which said article appeared, and in as conspicuous place and type as was said original article, then any criminal proceeding charging libel based on an article so retracted shall be discontinued and barred.
The 'subsection (2)' referred to requires broadcast apologies with ten days. It's silent as to the period required for apologies for internet publications, but I can't imagine they would be shorter.