An outdoors writer busted for pot sues a blogger, who actually had the gall to write that said outdoors writer was arrested. At the center of the legal battle is Tom Chandler of Trout Underground. On the other side Tom Stienstra of the San Francisco Chronicle, who filed a defamation suit in small claims court for $10,000.
The dispute seems rather petty. What's startling is that the Chronicle apparently has not disciplined Stienstra. I was in the newspaper business for nearly 30 years. I remember folks were shown the door for much less.
I have no idea what Stienstra's motivation is. Chandler reported the arrest just as a number of other media outlets did. My guess is he's irked that Chandler took a few jabs here and there. Apparently Stienstra felt he deserved more respect. Who knows?
Trout Underground goes to court
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