Suing the press, Rodney A. Smolla
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Suing the press, Rodney A. Smolla
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Bibliography: p. 259-267
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Suing the press
Nature of contents
bibliography
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Rodney A. Smolla
Summary
Examines a number of cases in which Americans have pursued lawsuits against the media and the press
Table Of Contents
The thinning American skin -- The trials of Martin Luther King : the New York times case -- From chasing Communists to fighting Lillian Hellman : the libel suit as guerilla warfare -- Ariel Sharon v. Time magazine : the libel suit as political forum, international style -- "I read it in the Enquirer--Carol Burnett and Henry Kissinger!" : the Carol Burnett case -- Jackie Onassis, Elizabeth Taylor, Clint Eastwood, and Mohammed Ali--of public personality and private property -- From "touching" to "missing" : libel arising from fiction and docudrama -- Of Vanessa Williams and Jerry Falwell : the contributions of Penthouse to the First Amendment -- Mobil Oil meets the Washington Post : can investigative journalism ever be objective? -- Westmoreland v. CBS : litigating the symbols and lessons of Vietnam -- "I'm okay but you're sued."
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