Reply #89: That's libel, philb.

[trotsky]

The smear campaign against Barrett and other truthtellers on the Internet is exposed here:

http://www.quackwatch.org/11Ind/bolen.html

In November 1999, Bolen began distributing false and defamatory statements to the effect that I am arrogant, bizarre, closed-minded, emotionally disturbed, professionally incompetent, intellectually dishonest, a dishonest journalist, sleazy, unethical, a quack, a thug, a bully, a Nazi, a hired gun for vested interests, the leader of a subversive organization, and engaged in criminal activity (conspiracy, extortion, filing a false police report, and other unspecified acts). Bolen also began claiming that Terry Polevoy, MD (a Canadian pediatrician who operates anti-quackery Web sites) is dishonest, closed-minded, emotionally disturbed, professionally incompetent, unethical, a quack, a fanatic, a Nazi, a hired gun for vested interests, and engaged in criminal activity (conspiracy, stalking of females, and other unspecified acts) and has made anti-Semitic remarks. In 2000, after Attorney Christopher Grell, of San Francisco filed a suit on behalf of a former Clark patient who accused her of fraud, Bolen issued defamatory message charging that Grell is professionally incompetent and had filed a false report with the FBI.

In 2001, after learning that the Florida Board of Dentistry had asked Robert S. Baratz, MD, DDS, PhD, to provide expert testimony against Dr. Phillips, Bolen issued a series of libelous reports claiming that Baratz was emotionally unstable, had committed perjury, and had misrepresented many of his credentials in order to market himself as an expert witness. Most of these messages were republished by Clark supporters on Web sites, in news group postings, and in other e-mail messages. In 2003, Bolen began "helping" Dr. Kadile's defense by issuing further lies about Dr. Baratz.

None of us are thin-skinned or care when people attack our ideas. But unjustified attacks on our character or professional competence are another matter. As Bolen's campaign unfolded, my colleagues and I have notified him and many of the people spreading his messages that libel is a serious matter and that they had better stop. Some did, but it soon became clear that others would not. To defend ourselves, several of us have filed suit for libel...

Funny. You'd think with the volume of truth on your side, philb, that your cohorts wouldn't have to resort to lying all the time.