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		heyitsnick on March 31, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tesla sues Top Gear for libel re Roadster review - What innovation are we talking about in this case? - They are suing, it doesn't mean they have succeeded. You can't start blaming libel law in the UK quite yet.

sbierwagen on March 31, 2011 [–]

- I don't see any other shows like Top Gear on the air.

- They've got enough of a case to spend lawyer time on it, and they're confident enough to run a press release about it. If the test for libelous speech was tougher, then they would have done neither.

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