{"id":141,"date":"2009-08-21T10:46:27","date_gmt":"2009-08-21T10:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/everydayethics\/2009\/08\/skanks-in-nyc-blogger-unmasked-as-29-year-old-rosemary-port-liskula-cohen-can-rest-easy-now-but-maybe-the-rest-of-us-should-start-worrying.html"},"modified":"2009-08-21T10:46:27","modified_gmt":"2009-08-21T10:46:27","slug":"skanks-in-nyc-blogger-unmasked-as-29-year-old-rosemary-port-liskula-cohen-can-rest-easy-now-but-maybe-the-rest-of-us-should-start-worrying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayethics\/2009\/08\/skanks-in-nyc-blogger-unmasked-as-29-year-old-rosemary-port-liskula-cohen-can-rest-easy-now-but-maybe-the-rest-of-us-should-start-worrying.html","title":{"rendered":"“Skanks In NYC” Blogger Unmasked As 29-Year-Old Rosemary Port. Liskula Cohen Can Rest Easy Now, But Maybe The Rest Of Us Should Start Worrying."},"content":{"rendered":"

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So much for my hopes the ‘unmasking’ of the anonymous blogger in the Liskula
\nCohen defamation lawsuit would remain between the two parties<\/span><\/a> and
\ntheir lawyers.  <\/span><\/p>\n

The blogger’s name
\nwas revealed today as Rosemary Port<\/span><\/a>, a 29-year-old
\nacquaintance of Ms. Cohen’s and a familiar face on the NYC nightclub scene. The
\nissue that started the internet ruckus? According to the New York Post<\/i>
\n(one’s source of choice for all things titillating and tawdry, of course), a
\nrow over nasty comments allegedly whispered in Ms. Port’s boyfriend’s ear about
\nMs. Port by Ms. Cohen. <\/span><\/p>\n

Sigh. Apparently,
\nsome of us never make it past the 11th grade.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, if we want
\nto wash the taste of ethical ickiness off our tongues, there’s this from the Post’s<\/i>
\narticle to chew on:<\/span><\/p>\n

Early yesterday, Cohen slapped her frenemy with a
\n$3 million lawsuit for “defamation in the form of libel and intentional
\nemotional distress,” for calling her such names as “ho,”
\n“hag” and “skank.”<\/span><\/p>\n

But Cohen last night told her lawyer, Steven
\nWagner, to drop the action.<\/span><\/p>\n

“This is about forgiveness,” Cohen said.
\n“It adds nothing to my life to hurt hers. I wish her happiness.”<\/span><\/p>\n

But wait, don’t get your hopes
\nfor humanity’s inherent decency back up yet. In response, the article says:<\/span><\/p>\n

Port countered yesterday by hiring hotshot
\nManhattan lawyer Sal Strazzullo, who said his client doesn’t regret the blog —
\n“she regrets the court’s decision” that her identity should be
\nrevealed.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I’m shocked that my right to privacy has been
\ntampered with,” Port said in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n

By this point, I can’t say
\nI’m<\/i> shocked by either party. But I do
\nthink we’ve taken up a lot of grownup people’s time and money on what turns out
\nto be a very childish squabble. As for freedom of speech and right to privacy
\nissues, I do think the court has taken a very dramatic step and forged a
\ntroubling precedent. As I said in my prior post<\/a>, it’s important for those who are cyberbullied to have some recourse, and for those whose careers are damaged by libelous speech to have the right to face their attackers in court, but I’m not sure this unmasking of bloggers is the optimal solution. <\/span><\/p>\n

What do you<\/u> think?<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n


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