The Question and Answer Board

[marty_lewis]

I don't know if it is okay or not. It may be that in some cases it is, and in some cases it's not.

"Which brings me to a question of my own for any legal types: If someone makes a reputation-harming untrue statement about you in writing, and prefaces it with "I hear" or "In my opinion" or "I think" or any other such qualifier, is it likely to make it less libelous?"