Janice, do you consider it "libel" if someone is called a stock promoter, "paid" in the context of stock market or SEC discussion, merely because that person posts favorably about the stock on a message board?
BTW, I agree with your post
Being a "paid basher" without making disclosure would be as illegal as being a paid tout without making disclosure, obviously.
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