Is there anything more discombobulating than an expensive lawyers’ letter threatening you with dire consequences for publishing the truth?
Neither of us are ‘snowflakes’, but when openDemocracy receives such letters, we know that the consequences could bankrupt any small nonprofit or media group if a case goes to court.
Often, these threats come couched as efforts to “correct errors and misconceptions” – as if there weren’t less threatening and expensive means of doing so. (Ever heard of picking up the phone?)
