Word: paragrapher
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...that legalese, the jury rendered its decision that TIME had not libeled General Ariel Sharon in a paragraph in its Feb. 21, 1983, cover story about an official Israeli report on the 1982 slaughter of hundreds of Palestinians in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps. After giving that verdict, however, Zug read a statement on behalf of the jury. It said that "certain TIME employees, particularly Correspondent David Halevy, acted negligently and carelessly in reporting and verifying the information which ultimately found its way into the published paragraph of interest in this case...
...paragraph at issue in Sharon's lawsuit comes halfway through the eight- page story; it described a condolence call Sharon paid to the Gemayel family the day after Bashir's death and said that information about the visit was contained in a classified Appendix B to the report. The passage went on to say: "Sharon reportedly told the Gemayels that the Israeli army would be moving into West Beirut and that he expected the Christian forces to go into the Palestinian refugee camps. Sharon also reportedly discussed with the Gemayels the need for the Phalangists to take revenge...
...Manhattan, a smiling Sharon told reporters, "I am pleased that we won on this point." His attorney, Milton Gould, added, "I'm glad we're not going to get beaten on etymology." Moments later TIME Managing Editor Ray Cave said he felt that the jurors had "misread" the disputed paragraph and insisted once again that the passage in no way accused Sharon of responsibility for the massacre. The passage simply echoed the findings of the Kahan report, Cave said. He defended the magazine's use of confidential sources in seeking information about the events leading to the massacre. "Most magazines...
...What has been proved by now is that TIME magazine lied," said Sharon after the jury announced on Friday that it found the disputed paragraph false. He called the decision "a clear moral victory." But Cave told reporters that TIME still believed its story to be substantially true. "No one has come forward and said that story was false, but one," he said. "We were forbidden to bring in our own witnesses in this case. We were forbidden access to the testimony that we were confident, confident, would prove that what that paragraph said was correct." After deciding the falsity...
...York had "exaggerated or distorted" the information Halevy received to the point that they were aware that it was "probably untrue." Finally, the jurors could find actual malice if they believed that TIME's journalists had "systematically disregarded" substantial evidence that caused them to be aware that the paragraph was probably untrue. Sofaer reminded the jury to consider TIME's claim that its employees had checked the passage carefully and found no contradiction between its conclusion and the Kahan commission report. The jurors were also to take into account testimony by Halevy's TIME colleagues that they regarded...