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New Guinea Tribesman Sue Pulitzer Prize Winner For Defamation

isum_largeJARED Diamond won the Pulitzer Prize for his 1997 book “Guns, Germs, and Steel.” He is now being sued by two New Guinea tribesmen who seem all too aware of the way things work in the US of A.

Dear, missionary, you have the right to a lawyer. You have the right to have the water in the big pot brought to a cnmfortable temperature…:

Two New Guinea tribesmen have filed a $10 million defamation lawsuit claiming Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jared Diamond wrote a New Yorker magazine article that falsely accused them of murder and other crimes.

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Posted: 23rd, April 2009 | In: Reviews | Comment