Newspaper Files Libel Suit against Politician
Byline: Charles Keeshan ckeeshan@dailyherald.com
As an outspoken state legislator, gubernatorial candidate and now blogger, Cal Skinner Jr. is accustomed to dealing with, and sometimes taking on, the press.
Now, however, one local newspaper is taking him on.
The B.F. Shaw Printing Co., the parent company of the McHenry County-based Northwest Herald, is suing Skinner for at least $50,000 in damages, claiming the political commentator damaged the newspaperAEs reputation with a recent posting on his mchenrycountyblog.com.
The blog u a mix of political commentary, local news and photos of T-shirts, bumper stickers and signs that catch its authorAEs …
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Publication information:
Article title: Newspaper Files Libel Suit against Politician.
Contributors: Not available.
Newspaper title: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL).
Publication date: June 29, 2009.
Page number: 3.
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