A lot of people, some of whom have ulterior motives to do with their animosity to @jk_rowling, are professing some confusion about using ‘her exact words’. A few points…
https://twitter.com/no1guncle/status/1435952913638215684
In defamation you are responsible for the plain meaning of what you publish, as well as any implications those words might have as well.
In this case @jk_rowling was selectively quoted. A few words were taken from a longer tweet and the result was defamatory. It is very obviously defamatory and those claiming it wasn’t are being disingenuous.
A lesson learnt the hard way. If you selectively quote someone and make it appear they said something that they very clearly did not mean, then you’d better be prepared to defend yourself in the courts.
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