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    #29 Terrorism is Over/The Crazy Bitch Defense
    Freelance writer John Semley on the Toronto Star's Charleston headline and Laura Robinson's ongoing defamation suit against John Furlong.
    June 24, 2015
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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.

    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

    23:13 – Globe & 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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