Oregon blogger deemed not a journalist, must pay $2.5 million for defamation

Crystal Cox

This is sobering news for any blogger. Aside from the prohibitive penalty awarded an investment firm against the blogger, Crystal Cox, the ruling sets the precedent that bloggers are not protected from legal action in the same way establishment journalists are, at least in Oregon.

The judge in Cox’s case, however, ruled that the woman did not qualify for shield-law protection not

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