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Originally Posted by Detoxing
It seems like you think they're threatening to sue because they wanna scare people, when in fact they could be threatening to sue because the newspaper is stating slanderous statements w/o merit.
Your opinion: "OMG, KC STAR, if you write this article and release the truth, we'll threaten to sue you....for what, i don't know, but we will!" -Chiefs
My Opinion: "OMG KC Star, most of this shit is lies, and if you write lies about our organization, that's grounds for a lawsuit" - Chiefs
See? It could go either way. So why assume?
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Newspapers have a ton of protections against slander. You don't want to open up a precedent where newspapers aren't allowed to express opinions or have to have absolute 100% confirmation of fact before publishing. There is no way the Chiefs would come close to winning and they know that.
I'm sure the lawsuits they are threatening are more related to nondisclosures.