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Freelance writer John Semley on the Toronto Star's Charleston headline and Laura Robinson's ongoing defamation suit against John Furlong.

Freelance writer John Semley on the Toronto Star’s Charleston headline and Laura Robinson’s ongoing defamation suit against John Furlong.

John Semley’s Twitter: @JohnSemley3000

2:25 – Michelle Shephard’s Toronto Star piece – Charleston shooting suspect ‘wanted to start a civil war’

22:44 – Rod Mickleburgh’s Globe & Mail piece – John Furlong is Canada’s Nation Builder of 2010

23:13Globe & Mail ran a wire piece on the day of Furlong’s cross-examination 

23:20 – Brian Hutchinson’s National Post piece describing Robinson’s story as “questionable” – Tables turned on journalist Laura Robinson at Furlong defamation trial

25:18 – Chris Selley’s National Post piece – Chris Selley on the John Furlong affair: How to ruin a reputation

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