A California appeals court ruled that the Korean Broadcasting System had not defamed Yuin University in statements that it was a “degree factory.”
A judge wrote that “since the ‘degree factory’ statement was cautiously phrased in terms of apparency, the statement is less likely to be reasonably understood as a statement of fact rather than opinion” and hence protected speech. -db
From the Metropolitan News-Enterprise, October 6, 201, by Sherri M. Okamoto.