Word: libeling
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...McNamara, exhausted and anguished over the Viet Nam War, became so choked up that he could not speak. For the next 16 years McNamara remained speechless about that agonizing conflict, refusing to make any public statements. Last week, summoned to testify in General William Westmoreland's $120 million libel suit against CBS, McNamara finally broke his long silence. Even then, as he began to recall the controversies of the time, his raspy voice cracked once again, his lips trembled...
...TIME correspondent testifies in the Sharon libel case...
...Fairness Doctrine by broadcasting "outlandish statements" in "reckless disregard for the truth." (The fairness regulation requires that broadcasters "afford reasonable opportunity for the presentation of contrasting viewpoints.") The CIA took the unusual action because the Supreme Court has indicated that federal agencies cannot sue news organizations for libel. In its complaint the CIA asked that the FCC order ABC to retract "all false allegations," and that it consider not renewing the licenses of the stations the network owns...
...witness stand, General William C. Westmoreland described how he made frequent visits to his field commanders in Viet Nam to hear their briefings and get firsthand impressions. He used the word briefings as an old soldier would, perhaps not even aware of its connection to his $120 million libel suit against CBS. For briefings are also what journalism is about?gathering facts, asking questions and then briefing a public that hasn't the time or the patience to hear...
...reporters think they should be judged by their printed stories, not by their notes; television producers by the footage they used, not by rejected outtakes. Back in 1964 the Supreme Court ruled, in a case that the press hailed as a great victory, that a public figure suing for libel must prove not only that a statement was false but that it was made knowing it to be false "or with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not." But how else can one tell whether the writer or editor knew something to be false without knowing what...