[Der_Hirnfänger]

You guys, this case is far more complicated than you think. That blogger actually posted the defamatory statements, google bombed her posts so they turned up in search results, and then tried to get the company to hire her to clean up their online reputation. It sounds more like extortion than a citizen journalist trying to cover herself.

Furthermore, this case had a jury trial and the jury was unanimous that she was guilty of defamation.

So really this case shouldn’t have any kinds of national implications at all, that part just seems to be a way for the media to sensationalize the case.

[no-to-illegals]

and that my FRiends is the rest of the story. (sometimes) and then sometimes, sometimes never come. There is never the likelihood there was ever one angle. Most times there are as many as three angles in case the first two fail. Give me three options for vacating or methods to exclude is the mind of an attorney.

[Ken H]

I think you're probably right, but I'm not sure why her lack of journalist's credentials would even be an issue.

Let's suppose the court accepted as fact that she was a journalist. How would that have helped her case?