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...Jerry Falwell. In 1983 Hustler magazine had portrayed Falwell in a drunken rendezvous with his mother. Although a lower-court jury cleared Publisher Larry Flynt of libel because the statements were so ridiculous that no one took them as fact, it awarded Falwell $200,000 for his "emotional distress." Despite Hustler's sleazy nature, other publications have joined in support of the appeal. Reason: the legal concept of "emotional distress" might allow public figures to sue the authors of any critical commentary based on their hurt feelings rather than the press's wrongdoing. A ruling is expected by next July...
Therefore I am sending out a distress signal to the world. Please answer my call, save me from the terrible fate that awaits an ignoramus admitted into the company of educated men and women. The list of things I cannot figure out is long-ranging, from problems of organic chemistry to why we get no credit for missed meals in the dining hall. But at least if I can get a few items answered I will have made some progress...
...Texaco's stock for an average of $37 a share this year, many Wall Streeters applauded his gutsy vote of confidence in the bankrupt oil giant's chances for recovery. But after the October stock crash, Holmes a Court faced a severe cash squeeze. Sensing a distress sale, another renowned raider, TWA Chairman Carl Icahn, entered the picture last week. TWA bought about half of Holmes a Court's stake in Texaco for $348 million, or just $29 a share. The Australian's loss so far on his ill-timed oil-patch foray: some $100 million...
...intimated to have had sex with his mother, drunkenly, in the outhouse. Falwell was reading Hustleron an airplane one day, saw the piece, and became enraged. So now the question lies before the highest court of the land: are publishers liable for printing material which "intentionally causes emotional distress...
...word "intentionally" is crucial. Jerry Falwell causes severe emotional distress to many people every day, but he's not liable, because he's just being himself...