Though to paraphrase something else I read........
If I published that the wife of Senator Sick Rantorum* was a crack-head, alcoholic husband beater it wouldn't take long for a libel suit to come winging its way over, despite no having given her name out.
But like you say, time will tell.
The offensive and defensive spin all around is getting quite nauseating.
*Ya know, as spoonerisms go, that's not bad.......