I am unsure it meets the criteria for defamation of character or libel; it looks more like it would be considered quote mining; comments taken out of their original context and spun into a very different narrative - something I am all too familiar with in my dealings with the dip-shit creationist movement.
What is appalling, is that the fifth estate, ran with it without any level of confirmation or fact checking. While Logan attempts to portray Fox news, or rather the moronic blackboard poster child of mouth breathers everywhere (Mr. Beck);
Logan - you are being rather dishonest. Fox was the new network that first promoted the video - Without any vetting of the content, and is now backpedalling as their role in the smear job is being brought out. Media Matters has an excellent timeline of their activities in this regard.
http://mediamatters.org/research/201007220004
What is appalling, is that the fifth estate, ran with it without any level of confirmation or fact checking. While Logan attempts to portray Fox news, or rather the moronic blackboard poster child of mouth breathers everywhere (Mr. Beck);
Logan - you are being rather dishonest. Fox was the new network that first promoted the video - Without any vetting of the content, and is now backpedalling as their role in the smear job is being brought out. Media Matters has an excellent timeline of their activities in this regard.
http://mediamatters.org/research/201007220004