What is the difference between slander and defamation of character?

Question

Also, it is slander that is spoken and libel that is written or the other way around?

Answer 1

Dan Rather and Jerome Corsi

Answer 2

slander

A type of defamation. Slander is an untruthful oral (spoken) statement about a person that harms the person's reputation or standing in the community. Because slander is a tort (a civil wrong), the injured person can bring a lawsuit against the person who made the false statement. If the statement is made via broadcast media -- for example, over the radio or on TV -- it is considered libel, rather than slander, because the statement has the potential to reach a very wide audience.  

Answer 3

If it is spoken it is slander if it is written it is proof . Told to me by an attorney .