Singer-songwriter Joseph Arthur has filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles Times, saying the newspaper’s use of the term “anti-vax” in a headline a year ago was defamatory, becau…
, saying the newspaper’s use of the term “anti-vax” in a headline a year ago was defamatory, because the artist has strongly crusaded against COVID shots but has not expressed a position opposing all kinds of vaccines.
“Arthur’s prescient statements about the COVID-19 vaccines were 100% factually accurate,” the lawsuit says. Among the statements Arthur had made earlier in 2021, some of which were quoted in the Times’ article, was: “Dr. Anthony Fauci should go to prison, not just be fired.” He was quoted as saying on Instagram that venues should be careful about mandating vaccine proof for admission: “If the clubs and venues force it, we’ll take it to the streets.” Shortly before the Times’ piece, he released a protest song called “Stop the Shot.
But there’s little doubt that the widely forwarded Times piece drew a heightened level of attention to Arthur’s COVID views that had been more limited before, however rightly or wrongly it was being presented. The suit includes an excerpt from a DM conversation between the singer and the article’s author, Randall Roberts . In the exchange, Arthur protests the “anti-vax” term in the headline, and Roberts suggests he email the paper’s music editor, Craig Marks, about it, since he was the one who came up with the headline.
Arthur’s strongly expressed COVID views left him in a similar position to that of Ariel Pink, another once critically admired cult artist who won over some new conservative fans with controversial views even as much of the liberal part of his audience soured on a former favorite.
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