“This letter places you on notice that these statements are false. You have no basis for publishing these false and malicious statements about D & H. These false allegations are defamatory and disparaging to D&H”s business and business relations and have caused grave and irreparable damage to our client.”
At this point, we feel compelled to point out that neither publication “stated” anything, both simply reported what they had been told by their sources, and asked a legitimate question. In public. Which the media does from time to time.
D&H, however,threw its toys out of its pram, demanding that both sites “IMMEDIATELY (i) cease and desist posting such defamatory material about D&H.; (ii) remove the contact and any reference to D&H from your website; and, (iii) post an immediate retraction and apology which shall remain posted for not less than thirty days.”
Er, anything else? Would you like a hug to go with that? Or a journalistic promise never to quote sources or investigate legitimate problems ever again?
