The website for the Communication Law course at Abilene Christian University
Journalists often are less than precise when reporting on libel. The text in bold bothers me becuse it would only matter whether the newspaper was reckless if Jewell were a public figure at the time of the statement, which he wasn’t. And even if he were, malicious motivation never would matter: More »
Evidence of damages: “Since the show aired, von Anhalt said people give him dirty looks when he goes to the grocery store.”
Three Smith County prosecutors failed to show actual malice in a case over a June 2000 story in the Houston Chronicle. According to the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press: More »
