At a Social Club Meeting That Was Held to Discuss

True/False

At a social club meeting that was held to discuss an environmental problem in a community,Brown made a speech in favour of a particular course of action that he thought the club should follow.Smith,who did not like the suggestions made by Brown,also made a short speech in which he called Brown an "idiot," and his suggestions "rubbish."
-Unless it was true that Brown was an "idiot," Smith made a defamatory statement that slandered Brown's reputation.