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[Bird of Prey]

Marty,
feel free to sub my name for generic statements if you wish. I can tell the difference between an example and an actuall PA.
BTW, I prefer Creative Acquisition Specialist...Thief is such an ugly word. 8>)

David Weed
aka the Bird of Prey
www.warp-drive.com

[Was (Bob)]

Suppose BOP goes to a stock thread and posts:

"The CEO is lying to you in that press release. The shipping vessel he claims the company is refurbishing was actually scuttled a year ago and is busy taking on a load of rust and barnacles."

Assume that all that is widely known at the time is that the company just issued such a press release and that BOP doesn't like the company. Let's further assume he's short a chunk of it.

BOP said the CEO is lying. Is that libel? If so, why? If not, why not?