Echoing the advice on getting legal counsel. While not a lawyer, I will say this: if an attributed post that accurately and representatively quotes a news article (I'm not currently talking about the comments, just the post) is eligible to be found as libel, then the original article should be bundled in on the complaint. If the paper isn't part of the complaint, I'd argue that the case lacks legal merit based on the general principles used to link to news articles and blog posts. I believe a lawyer would call for dismissal.
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Date: 2013-05-01 12:26 am (UTC)While not a lawyer, I will say this: if an attributed post that accurately and representatively quotes a news article (I'm not currently talking about the comments, just the post) is eligible to be found as libel, then the original article should be bundled in on the complaint. If the paper isn't part of the complaint, I'd argue that the case lacks legal merit based on the general principles used to link to news articles and blog posts. I believe a lawyer would call for dismissal.