If it's not a lie, is it still slanderous?

Answer 1

If you can prove that it is the absolute and necessary truth, then no. But if it's meant as defamation (Like if someone went to a place frequented by a closet homosexual and announced his/her orientation for the world to hear) it can still be prosecutable.

Answer 2

If it is both percieved as extremely negative and harmful AND a lie, then- maybe, it could be considered slanderous.

If it is not a lie, it may be true or a half-truth, or an accidental or intentional omission by , it also may be considered positive, neutral, or not sufficiently negative or harmful as to constitute slander.

Nothing is quite so simple as it may seem on the surface.

The law section, might net you a more detailed and accurate reply should you require it.

Answer 3

"Telling the truth has always been a valid defense against charges of lible and slander."

As long as "not a lie" means "the truth" (which it isn't, really ... a lie is untruth spoken knowing it's untruth) then it is not slanderous. Repeating disinformation, beliving it (and thereby making it "misinformation" not "disinformation") is repeating or spreading slander but not itself slander; slander requires the intent, the lie.

But I'm not a lawyer, and those damn lawyers have corrupted everything.

Answer 4

In many, though not all, legal systems, statements presented as fact must be false to be defamatory. Proving to be true is often the best defense against a prosecution for libel. Statements of opinion which cannot be proven true or false will likely need to apply some other kind of defense.

Defences to claims of defamation include:

Truth is an absolute defense in the United States as well as Canada. In some other countries it is also necessary to show a benefit to the public good in having the information brought to light.

Answer 5

Sometimes. Slander is a public declaration. In some countries, it not only must be shown that it isn't false, it must be shown that it was in the public interest to make the declaration.

There is also a fine line between truth and opinion, which is usually hashed out in court.

Answer 6

Its not slander if its the truth. The problem, though, is that sometimes the person who writes something about someone else honestly believes it the truth and honestly believes he/she isn't lying. Often, though, the person about whom the statement was written can prove that the author was incorrect when he/she believed what he/she said was true.

That's why you should think twice about writing something public about anyone, regardless of whether you believe its true or not. There's the chance the person can prove it isn't.

Answer 7

Truth is an absolute defense against libel and slander. Of course you have to be able to prove its true.

Answer 8

King David in the old testament just killed those who slandered in secret,but gentiles are justified by faith,it is still an example of how hideous it is

Answer 9

No. Slander is telling false statements about someone/something.

Answer 10

Slander means insulting someone. Regardless of whether it's true or not.