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If it's not slam, it's roast.
I think journalists like these words because they're not provably false and therefore can't get sued for misrepresenting what someone said
And if, heaven forbid, it's not either of those, it is now apparently acceptable to refer to it as a "clap back." In the newspaper of all places.
Do they get sued? Because there is a lot of misinformation out there, and I don’t mean in the far right “fake news” sense.
It'd probably be slander to say "X said this" when they didn't say it.
"X expresses disgust about Y" could be slanderous if it's not disgust, but "a respectful disagreement", etc.
But "X slams Y"? "Slam" doesn't mean anything. So nobody can confirm or deny that any "slamming" happened.