{"id":59121,"date":"2016-12-05T20:26:46","date_gmt":"2016-12-06T00:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=59121"},"modified":"2016-12-05T20:26:46","modified_gmt":"2016-12-06T00:26:46","slug":"website-labeled-fake-news-threatens-to-sue-wapo-for-defamation-photo-of-rachel-stoltzfoos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=59121","title":{"rendered":"Website Labeled \u2018Fake News\u2019 Threatens To Sue WaPo For Defamation Photo of Rachel Stoltzfoos"},"content":{"rendered":"

RACHEL STOLTZFOOS
\nThe Daily Caller<\/p>\n

One of the websites The Washington Post labeled \u201cfake news\u201d in a November story demanded a retraction and threatened the paper with a defamation lawsuit in a demand letter Sunday.<\/p>\n

A lawyer for Naked Capitalism accuses WaPo of running a debunked list<\/a> of \u201cfake news\u201d sites in the \u201csensational\u201d story compiled by\u00a0a dubious team of researchers, without substantiating their claims or giving Naked Capitalism a chance to respond to the allegation. The Washington Post\u2019s actions constitute defamation, the lawyer writes in the letter published Monday<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou did not provide even a single example of \u2018fake news\u2019 allegedly distributed or promoted by Naked Capitalism or indeed any of the 200 sites on the PropOrNot blacklist,\u201d James A. Moody writes. \u201cYou provided no discussion or assessment of the credentials or backgrounds of these so-called \u2018researchers\u2019 (Clint Watts, Andrew Weisburd, and J.M. Berger and the \u2018team\u2019 at PropOrNot), and no discussion or analysis of the methodology, protocol or algorithms such \u2018researchers\u2019 may or may not have followed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Naked Capitalism is a finance and economics blog<\/a> started in December\u00a02006, with a stated goal of \u201cshedding light on the dark and seamy corners of finance.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Moody demands a retraction of the story and a public apology from WaPo in the letter, threatening a suit if the paper does not comply. He lists a series of damages to the site itself, as well as the writers and editors associated with the site; these include \u201cridicule, emotional distress, loss of reputation, and risk to future career advancement\u201d for writers and editors.<\/p>\n

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Other mainstream news outlets criticize The Washington Post for running the story.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe organization\u2019s anonymity, which a spokesperson maintained was due to fear of Russian hackers, added a cybersexy mystique,\u201d Adrian Chen wrote in The New Yorker<\/a> regarding the WaPo story. \u201cBut a close look at the report showed that it was a mess.\u201d<\/p>\n

And Patrick Maines criticized the story in The Hill<\/a>, calling it \u201cperhaps the shoddiest piece of feature writing since Rolling Stone published its blatantly false story about a campus rape at the University of Virginia.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have made damaging false accusations against Naked Capitalism,\u201d Moody concludes in the letter. \u201cPlease immediately remove these from the web and provide an equivalent opportunity to respond.\u00a0Please see the attached concerning your obligation to retain documents and electronically stored information relating to Fake News. I look forward to hearing from you within three business days.\u201d<\/p>\n

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