The New York Times’s Response to Donald Trump’s Retraction Letter

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[bryan999]

New York Times VP and Assistant General Counsel David McCraw sent the below letter to Donald Trump’s legal team in response to a retraction request about The Times’s article Two Women Say Donald Trump Touched Them Inappropriately

[Mr. K]

That is not technically correct.

While public figures have far less protection against libel and slander, they do still have protection. You just can’t lie or slander with impunity. Newspapers have some responsibility to make sure they are not spreading lies.

They picked a fight with Trumps lawyers? I am hoping this proves to be a very big mistake for them.

[Mr. K]

You got it- that right there is the heart of Trumps claim against them - and I hope he puts them out of business

[Mr. K]

probably, and he should immediately file against them.

[Mr. K]

Definition. Libel is a method of defamation expressed by print, writing, pictures, signs, effigies, or any communication embodied in physical form that is injurious to a person's reputation, exposes a person to public hatred, contempt or ridicule, or injures a person in his/her business or profession.