October 19, 2023

The Docket 10.19.23 Fairstein vs. Everybody

Defamation, plausible deniability, and the perils of author branding

the true crime that's worth your time

Linda Fairstein’s lawsuit regarding her portrayal in When They See Us is moving forward; will it have a chilling effect on true-crime properties? We’re talking about what that might look like, plus Fairstein’s twentieth-century reputation; whether we’ll see an increase in olde-timey-crime coverage; finding new niches for predatory attorneys; why Karla Homolka keeps coming up; and the preoccupations of the Xenu Inc. legal department. Sign this meaningless waiver and have a listen!

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• NYT on Fairstein’s suit

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• Rolling Stone on The Preppy Murder’s portrayal of Fairstein

• Fairstein in VF back in the day

• VF on Patricia Cornwell’s “dark” private life

• The Exhibit B. “(allegedly)” tee

• Erased: The Murder of Elma Sands on Apple Podcasts

• SDB’s Reversal of Fortune review

• Law & Order S10.E15, “Fools For Love”

• EB on McKamey Manor

• “The Top 50 Worst True Crime Movies Of All Time”

• SDB on Alpha Dog

• Alec Baldwin set to be “re-charged” in Rust shooting

• Armond White on how Foxcatcher “promotes gay pathology” for Out

• RIP Janet Malcolm

• Dan Ariely was in the Theranos doc, of all things

• …but The New Yorker won’t be pulling their punches

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