Word: libeling
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...journalist may freely discuss the activities of a public official so long as he takes reasonable care to report the facts accurately and his intent is not malicious. In Britain, the libel laws are so strict, so narrowly drawn and so rigidly applied, that what American editors consider good sound reporting can be a clear invitation to a lawsuit...
Even after the Senate censured him, Connecticut Democrat Thomas Dodd went ahead with plans to bring a libel suit against Columnists Drew Pearson and Jack Anderson. Most lawyers knew, however, that he had little chance of success in the wake of the Supreme Court's 1964 New York Times v. Sullivan decision, which makes it all but impossible for a public official to win libel suits unless he can prove malice by the defendant. Recognizing that fact, Dodd last week withdrew the libel action, though he continued to press suit against the newsmen for having conspired in the stealing...
Noting that Dodd was only facing up to "realities," District Court Judge Alexander Holtzoff wryly reprimanded his superiors. "As a result of Times v. Sullivan," he said, "libel law was changed by the Supreme Court in a most revolutionary manner. A court which had previously been concerned with the rights of individuals has limited the rights of holders of public office." The libel limitation, concluded Holtzoff, "is now one of the penalties of being a high official...
Stepping deftly from the example of Jefferson--who responded to this libel by sending one of the learned French gentlemen a stuffed black panther and a live moose--to the more general case, Commager suggested some of the effects of the fray for American history...
Jacqueline Meily contributes such a measure of charm to the role of Lady Jane that one almost does not notice Gilbert's celebrated libel on old womandom. In this she is aided by composer Sullivan, who manages a special, though for him certainly not unique, lyricism when she performs. Sharon Dennis, Carolyn Firth, and Juliet Cunningham are all excellent as Rapturous Maidens, displaying a sense of ensemble which has thus far eluded a good many professional companies. The officers of the dragoon guards likewise observe each other on stage. Theirs is the comedy of loud plainmindedness, of just enough mugging...