Whatchoo Lookin At

Britney Spears has found a way to bring the unmerciful “false tabloids” to their knees: Sue them in Ireland and Britain, where the libel laws work in her favor.

She has won a settlement that require a retraction and apology for stories The National Enquirer printed that claimed her marriage to Kevin Federline was over. The AP reports:

The apology and retraction was published Tuesday in the British edition in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales and was being published Wednesday in its Republic of Ireland version.

It said that National Enquirer officials “now accept that their marriage is not over and they are not getting divorced. These allegations are untrue and we now accept Britney’s position that the statements are without foundation. We apologize for any distress caused.”

Whereas U.S. libel law requires a celebrity to prove that an article was both false and published maliciously, British and Irish libel law places the burden of proof on the publisher of such material.

Media lawyers say such cases could become increasingly popular when targeting U.S.-based publications with even a small overseas distribution.

So now if you don’t like what the media says about you, you run to Irish and British lawyers and sue? What a crock of BS–no coincidence that those are Britney Spears’ initials!

I think this is going to cause the American media to be even more brutal and merciless to her now, and simply publish different “kid glove” versions in Irish and British publications! Won’t she look stupid when she finally does divorce that rat-faced idiot leech—something so obvious in coming that BLIND PEOPLE COULD SEE IT FROM SPACE!!!

I hope the taboids demolish her career and deliver the proper verbal smackdown she’s earned!

You see what happens when stupid hicks have too much money and not enough common sense?

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