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If a talk radio host made false statements and called you corrupt on the radio is this slander

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Can a radio host be sued for slander if they made false statements and called you corrupt on live radio?

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Hello XXXXXXXX,

 

Slander, in its broadest terms, is the act of publicly speaking injurious statements about another party, when the statements are known by the speaker to be false. You can sue someone for slander only if the false statements they spoke resulted in financial or personal loss. As with any lawsuit, you have the burden of proving the facts necessary to show the defendant slandered you and that it caused you some sort of damage. Because slander is oral, you will need witnesses or a recording of what was said. Just saying you are corrupt is not enough it would have to cause you financial or personal loss (and you have to prove it).

 

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