Thread by @bradheath

6th Cir. says that whether a tweet is defamatory turns in part on whether you're the sort of person who uses Twitter most often to share news or opinions.

Govern your tweets accordingly.

opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/1…

The court has a very .... let's say charitable ... view of the types of things that are expressed on Twitter, which seems to mostly be a vehicle for the written expression of people's worst social impulses.

6th Cir. says readers of @RealJamesWoods' Twitter feed would know it "that he made frequent use of sarcasm, exaggeration, and hyperbole - characteristics more likely seen in an opinion, rather than a statement of fact."
opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/1…