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The Tom Woods Show

Ep. 1595 Suing the New York Times for Libel

The Tom Woods Show

Tom Woods

Politics, Government, News

4.83.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2020

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Walter Block week continues with this episode about Walter's experience suing the New York Times for libel, after they misrepresented his comments in what had to be a deliberate act of journalistic malpractice. But what does libertarian theory have to say about libel law?

Transcript

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0:00.0

The Tom Wood Show, Episode 1595.

0:03.4

Prepare to set fire to the index card of allowable opinion.

0:07.9

Your daily dose of liberty education starts here.

0:11.5

The Tom Wood Show.

0:14.5

Folks, the 2020 contract crews promises to be the best one ever.

0:18.3

Not only are we being joined by Dave Smith and Scott Horton,

0:22.2

not only is there going to be a roast of Dave Smith,

0:25.6

but we're also going to be joined by Phil LaBonte,

0:28.2

vocalist for the band, all that remains.

0:31.0

Get the details and book your cabin at contractrues.com.

0:36.5

Hey, everybody, Tom Woods here.

0:38.0

All right, Walter Block, we continue.

0:39.7

Remember Walter Block, Professor of Economics,

0:41.9

Loyola University, New Orleans, author of over 600 peer-reviewed articles,

0:47.2

absolutely unheard of, and the author of 30 plus books.

0:51.2

And here, we're going to talk about a fairly controversial,

0:55.6

but very interesting episode in Walter's life,

0:58.2

involving The New York Times.

1:00.1

Walter sued The New York Times for libel against him.

1:03.7

And I don't even want to start off with the details

1:05.8

because I want Walter to tell the story.

1:07.9

All you need to know going into this is that it has to do

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