disturbed by how far down this document it was necessary to go before the truth put in an appearance.

Defamation law for activists: a guide to speaking tr...

the (absence of the) truth really ought to be part of the definition phase of defamation.

this neglect of the importance of truth is a very big part of what's wrong with human societies in general (and in law and politics and religion in particular) and, conversely, the pursuit of it is what is superlatively right about science.