United States Supreme Court – Libel
Showing of malice:
“liability is based on a showing of knowledge of falsity”
or
“reckless disregard for the truth”
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While some of “The Skeptics™” might be able to run around and jump up and down, proclaiming that what they smear all over social media about Burzynski, they had no knowledge of falsity about, it is probably harder for someone who claims:
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12/.5/2011 – “positions I hold at an NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center“
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3/7/2013 – “my last two jobs have been at NCI-designated comprehensive cancer centers“
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11/2/2012 – “Personally having pored over Burzynski’s publications”
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5/8/2013 – “I’ve searched Burzynski’s publications”
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6/5/2013 – “I do know cancer science”
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6/7/2013 – “Unlike Mr. Merola, I am indeed very concerned with getting my facts correct”
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I can just picture Gorski, in a courtroom, trying to explain to the prosecuting attorney, judge, and jury, how it is that a medical doctor, with a Ph.D., who has had positions at 2 National Cancer Institute (NCI) designated comprehensive cancer centers, is the co-author on a number of scientific publications, blogs on 2 blogs, including one which proclaims:
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[7] – “Our only goal is to promote high standards of science in medicine”
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how it is that his LIES about Burzynski are NOT:
“reckless disregard for the truth” ? [8]
Gorski, you of all people should be extremely great-full that Burzynski concentrates on cancer science instead of libel lawsuits
I’d pay to see that 🙂
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[9] – 3/6/2013 – “Particularly seemingly damning are a series of Tweets flashed on the screen saying things like the Hope for Laura fund (the fund set up by Laura Hymas to pay for her treatment at the Burzynski Clinic)”
“appears to be just a money laundry for a lying quack fraud” and “when Laura dies #Burzynski will just move on to his next mark if she doesn’t run out of money first.””
“I think I know whose Tweets these were. In fact, I’m sure I know whose Tweets these were, and all I can say to that person is this:”
“Zip it”
“Stop it”
“Put a sock in it”
“Still, as utterly insensitive and “dickish” as those Tweets were, they do not represent the majority of skeptics, but rather a few jerks“
“However, we as skeptics need to remember that a few jerks perceived (or painted) as attacking cancer patients can do immeasurable damage to the cause of science-based medicine”
“So if you’re one of those skeptics making comments like that, knock it off“
“If I see you doing it again, next time I will call you out publicly”
MURDER ?.
Gorski, were you referring to the above 2 JERKS?
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[10] – 9/28//2013 – 1:58:04
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Bob Blaskiewicz
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“But he is a, the thing is, the thing is, you thing you have to understand is Gorski, Gorski is a genuine expert, in matters re re regarding on oncology studies”
“I mean, he has a”
“He, He’s able to convince people, he’s able to convince people, on the strength of his record, to give him money to carry out research”
“People who know what they’re talking about”
“To give him money to carry out his research”
“Right ?”
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Are we talking about the same “expert” ?
Because I’m talking about the LIAR
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Guy Chapman, “It’s a blog, not a peer-reviewed publication”
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You twit
It’s a medical doctor, with a Ph.D., who has had positions at 2 National Cancer Institute (NCI) designated comprehensive cancer centers, is the co-author on a number of scientific publications, blogs on 2 blogs, including one which proclaims:
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[7] – “Our only goal is to promote high standards of science in medicine”
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Why don’t you go play “High School Science Teacher” ?
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REFERENCES:
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[1] – 12/.5/2011
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http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2011/12/05/personalized-gene-targeted-cancer-therapy/
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[2] – 3/7/2013
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http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2013/03/07/the-cancer-treatment-centers-of-america-cherry-picked/
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[3] – 11/2/2012
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http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/11/02/stanislaw-burzynski-fails-to-save-another-patient/
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[4] – 5/8/2013
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http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2013/05/08/eric-merola-and-stanislaw-burzynskis-secret-weapon-against-the-skeptics-fabio-lanzoni-part-2/
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[5] – 6/5/2013
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http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2013/06/05/odds-and-ends-about-burzynski-clinic/
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[6] – 6/7/2013
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http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2013/06/07/i-want-my-anp/
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[7] – ScienceBasedMedicine Editorial Staff
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http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/editorial-staff/
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[8] – 9/14/2013 – The List of Dr. David H. “Orac” Gorski LIES:
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https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/09/14/the-list-of-dr-david-h-orac-gorski-lies/
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[9] – 3/6/2013
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http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2013/06/03/in-which-the-latest-movie-about-stanislaw-burzynskis-cancer-cure-is-reviewed-with-insolence/
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[10] – September 28, 2013 “The Skeptics™” Burzynski discussion: By Bob Blaskiewicz – 2:19:51
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https://stanislawrajmundburzynski.wordpress.com/2013/10/04/september-28-2013-the-skeptics-burzynski-discussion-by-bob-blaskiewicz-21951/
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William and Mary Law Review:
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http://scholarship.law.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2795&context=wmlr
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Criminal Libel in the United States:
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Click to access IPI_Report_on_Criminal_Libel_in_the_United_States.pdf
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Defamation
William Mitchell College of Law:
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http://open.wmitchell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1070&context=facsch
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Libel, Slander, and Freedom of Speech:
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Quacks Like a Duck:
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http://works.bepress.com/carrie_leonetti/72/
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