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Business journal files to dismiss slander suit

The Springfield Business Journal in Missouri has filed a motion to dismiss a slander lawsuit brought against the paper by a man who advocated that taxation is un-Christian.

Jaime Baranyai of the Springfield News-Leader wrote that two men who took the advice and didn’t pay taxes for five years were recently interviewed by the paper.

Baranyai wrote, “Then men have since repaid their debts — a total of several hundred thousand dollars — and gone on a speaking tour for the government discouraging others from getting involved in illicit tax protests.

“It was during the tour they were interviewed by the Springfield Business Journal and profiled in a November article.

“It’s that story — and the comments in it — that led Springer to sue, alleging he was libeled and slandered.

“In the lawsuit, Springer says his reputation was defamed, and is suing each of the six defendants for $1,000,000. He also demanded a jury trial.”

Read more here.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.

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