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Manager: Libel lawsuit has no merit

ryanteaguebeckwith — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:09:21 -0400

Tom Fetzer's libel lawsuit has no merit, said Paul Knight, the general manager of a Wilmington radio station being sued by the former Raleigh mayor.

"We didn't slander or libel him," Knight said this afternoon, Sarah Ovaska reports.

Fetzer, who is campaigning to head the N.C. Republican Party, filed a libel lawsuit Monday in Wake County against Curtis Wright and Sea-Comm Inc., the company that runs 93.7 and 106, two Wilmington-area talk radio stations that Wright has a morning show on.

Fetzer files libel suit against Wright

ryanteaguebeckwith — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:02:48 -0400

Tom Fetzer filed a libel lawsuit late Monday afternoon against a Wilmington radio host who forwarded an email insinuating that Fetzer was gay.

The suit seeks damages of $10,000 or more from Curtis Wright, the host of "The Morning Beat with Curtis Wright," as well as Sea-Comm, Inc., the corporate owner of WLTT, Curtis' employer, Sarah Ovaska reports.

Fetzer to sue over gay allegation

ryanteaguebeckwith — Fri, 22 May 2009 18:16:43 -0400

Former Raleigh mayor Tom Fetzer says he will sue a Wilmington radio host for libel for forwarding an e-mail that alleges he is gay.

A longtime Republican political consultant, Fetzer is running for head of the state party.

In an e-mail to supporters today, he said that he intends to "vigorously pursue legal action" against radio host Curtis Wright, his employer, WLTT, and corporate owner Sea-Comm Media.

Blog libel bill changed to study

ryanteaguebeckwith — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:56:32 -0400

Sen. Steve Goss says libel on blogs needs more study.

Quick Hits

ryanteaguebeckwith — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 09:45:00 -0500

* CNN helps Sen. Tony Rand reconnect with long-lost black relatives after he recognizes common connection while watching documentary.

Civitas slags blog libel bill

ryanteaguebeckwith — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 09:11:35 -0500

The conservative Civitas Institute calls a blog libel bill the "bad bill of the week."

Executive Director Francis De Luca calls an attempt to expand civil and criminal libel laws to cover Internet communication "The Gossip Girl Bill" after the popular TV show in which students anonymously post rumors.

Quick Hits

ryanteaguebeckwith — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 08:47:24 -0500

* Clare Giesen, head of the National Women's Political Caucus, will speak to members of the N.C. chapter in Charlotte on Feb. 26.

* Sen. Steve Goss now says he was inspired to write a blog libel bill after reading about the cyberbullying conviction of a Missouri woman.

Three problems with blog libel bill

ryanteaguebeckwith — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:22:16 -0500

A civil liberties lawyer says a bill about blog libel is too broadly written.

Matt Zimmerman, an attorney with the pro-civil liberties Electronic Frontier Foundation, said that a proposed Senate bill conflicts with federal law and the U.S. constitution in three major ways:

Criminal libel statute unused

ryanteaguebeckwith — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 13:45:02 -0500

North Carolina's criminal libel law may never have been used.

A search of the legal database Westlaw turned up only one appellate-level case that cites the 1901 law making it a Class 2 misdemeanor to libel someone.

Quick Hits

ryanteaguebeckwith — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 10:44:24 -0500

* Democracy South, former Finnish ambassador Bonnie McElveen-Hunter of Greensboro are among the North Carolina victims of financier Bernie Madoff.

* Blogger Gordon Smith points out that Sen. Steve Goss' blog libel bill casts a wide net over the Internet and would be retroactive to Dec. 9, 2008.