10.13.2003
UNC-W Professor threatens to sue campus paper for libel over editorial
Mike Adams of Townhall.com: "It all started about two weeks ago when a student came by my office to complain about remarks he claimed Pollard had made during a recent university-sponsored forum on the war in Iraq. During his visit to my office, the student claimed that Pollard publicly admitted to having friends in terrorist networks...
...[Later] I got a visit from another student named Michael Pomarico, chair of the UNCW College Republicans. Michael came by to show me an editorial he had written complaining about Pollard’s behavior during the aforementioned forum. His editorial corroborated the other student’s claim that Pollard had admitted to having friends in terrorist networks.
Last week, the first half of Pomarico’s editorial appeared in the student newspaper, The Seahawk. Later that day, the full version appeared in the online version of the paper. But it was only posted for a few hours. According to the paper, Pollard threatened The Seahawk with a libel lawsuit for publishing Pomarico’s editorial. As a result of Pollard’s threatened litigation, the paper decided to pull the editorial..."
The newspaper's website is here.
[via duckseason]
...[Later] I got a visit from another student named Michael Pomarico, chair of the UNCW College Republicans. Michael came by to show me an editorial he had written complaining about Pollard’s behavior during the aforementioned forum. His editorial corroborated the other student’s claim that Pollard had admitted to having friends in terrorist networks.
Last week, the first half of Pomarico’s editorial appeared in the student newspaper, The Seahawk. Later that day, the full version appeared in the online version of the paper. But it was only posted for a few hours. According to the paper, Pollard threatened The Seahawk with a libel lawsuit for publishing Pomarico’s editorial. As a result of Pollard’s threatened litigation, the paper decided to pull the editorial..."
The newspaper's website is here.
[via duckseason]
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