Word: libellous
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Nesson: ...It is certainly worth a lot It is our First Amendment tradition and it is in large part what the United States is all about. If the question is should it play itself out in just the way it has played itself out in American libel law, I have tremendous questions about it. At this stage, there are two features of the American libel law which play together to produce a corrupt litigation situation...On the one side, one side has the ability to inquire into virtually the state of mind with which the article was written. The concept...
Crimson: It has been written of the "emling" effect that the rise of libel suits is having on the aggressiveness of the press...
Crimson: On the other hand, as Mr. Lewis raised recently, what effect does it have on the press to have a rule that limits its responibility for printing falsehoods? In Great Britain, for instance, there are much more stringent libel laws on the theory. I guess, that accuracy is what counts...
Lewis: It's the theory that Howard's friend Harry Evens, former ed for of the Sunday Times of London has said. "I don't want to have an easier libel law. Its a necessary discipline for us to have this tough...
Nesson: I think the actual malice concept has got to be changed... To me the question in libel is not whether the statement was true as much as whether it was justified when it was printed...