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Court upholds fair reporting privilege.

Authors :
Freedman, Eric
Source :
Editor & Publisher. 9/30/95, Vol. 128 Issue 39, p18. 2p.
Publication Year :
1995

Abstract

Reports that Michigan-based Court of Appeals has cleared newspapers `Detroit News' and `The Detroit Free Press' of a libel suit under the state's broadened fair reporting privilege law. Case stemming from the newspapers' coverage of a gang-related shooting; Failure to prove that the articles were materially false.

Subjects

Subjects :
*FREEDOM of the press

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0013094X
Volume :
128
Issue :
39
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Editor & Publisher
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
9510154838