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...when the Supreme Court ruled in the case of Herbert vs. Lando that plaintiffs in a libel suit have the right to probe into a journalist's "state of mind," many in the media bitterly protested. The courts, journalists argued, had become a kind of thought police, who licensed fishing expeditions into editorial decision making that would inevitably chill freedom of the press...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Case, Colonel: A new twist in a long libel suit | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

...gathering process does not appear to have frozen up. Moreover, it can be reasonably argued that in order to prove the press has recklessly or knowingly published a false hood--the legal standard that public figures must meet to win a libel case--it is necessary to probe a journalist's thinking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Case, Colonel: A new twist in a long libel suit | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

...considering taking his case to the U.S. Supreme Court. Lubell asserts that Judge Kaufman has long been sympathetic to the press. Indeed, the Supreme Court has reversed Kaufman before in this case, when the judge ruled in 1977 that libel plaintiffs do not have the right to probe a journalist's thoughts. Whether Colonel Herbert's controversial case will finally prove to be a sword to skewer the press or a shield to protect it remains to be seen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Case, Colonel: A new twist in a long libel suit | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

Accuse to journalist of being biased, and he will bridle. He will admit to having how of his own but argue that as a professional, he knows how to put and aside when he covers the news. Nine out of ten reporters and editors will say that they are willing to be judged by how fair their stories to all sides. The tenth is named John L. Perry, and he is the editor of the Rome, Ga., News-Tribune...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Newswatch: The Trouble with Being Fair | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

Those Cambridge encounters further propelled Frayn away from asbestos sales and into an exemplary career as journalist, novelist and playwright. While still an undergraduate, he contributed to the premier humor magazine Punch. Straight out of school, he wrote news and columns for the Manchester Guardian and then the Observer. Turning to fiction, he produced five deft, whimsical novels centered on class conflicts and old school ties. In the past decade he has emerged as one of Britain's leading playwrights. His glimpse of backstage pandemonium, Noises Off, was a Broadway hit two seasons ago. Seven earlier scripts have been produced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Tugging at the Old School Ties | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

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