Word: libeling
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...purchaser, it turned out, was the rich, mysterious Church of Scientology, an international cult that for two decades has specialized in a unique form of psychological counseling, often against hysterical opposition. Scientology, in turn, has tended toward defensiveness bordering on paranoia, filing scores of libel suits on the slightest provocation. In February, the Church of Scientology sued Mayor Cazares, then threatened the Clearwater Sun, the St. Petersburg Times and radio station WDCL. "We are not a turn-the-other-cheek religion," Spokesman Arthur Maren told TIME Correspondent David Beckwith...
...something unprecedented followed the article's publication. First, Rizzo hit the Inquirer with a $6-million libel suit claiming that the newspaper defamed his character and charging that it failed to indicate strongly enough that the interview was fictional. (He later testified that 25 to 30 persons, including his brother, Fire Commissioner Joseph Rizzo, had told him they believed the column was factual...
...dramatic executive session of the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1948 (at the time, Chambers was a Senior Editor of TIME). Claiming that he had known Chambers only in 1934 and 1935 as a freelance journalist using another name, Hiss denied the charges and sued for libel, but was convicted of perjury and imprisoned. Chambers' espionage charge against him was never proved...
Loeb and New Hampshire Governor Meldrin Thompson are both suing Cash for libel, but Cash said yesterday he can "prove every fact" in his book...
...majority did send the case back to Florida courts for a determination on whether the magazine had acted "with fault." Meanwhile, journalists everywhere are now on notice that people who attract the sort of public interest that does not involve a true "public controversy" will be treated under libel law just like the average private citizen...