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...statement has not satisfied the intelligence agency, which took the unprecedented step of filing a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission. The CIA charged that ABC violated the FCC's 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...
...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 was in his mind, or knowing what he had to go on? And thus the New York Times Co. vs. Sullivan decision...
...management when the economy's in good shape, but if the economy turns sour, as it did in 1981-82, your mistakes are magnified." This does not mean that all bankers have turned into casino gamblers. "I don't think that bankers as a whole have become reckless," says Carlos Arboleya, vice chairman of Barnett Bank of South Florida. "But there will always be a certain percentage of wildcats...
...button [RELIGION, Nov. 5]. Believing in the inevitability of Armageddon does not automatically make one trigger-happy and dangerous. I accept the inevitability of death, yet I am not a careless driver. It does not follow that the belief hi a literal Armageddon has to be linked with a reckless willingness to enter a nuclear...
...added that Bailey's peers haven't had the chance to review his work, a process vital to good medical practice. "Bailey's work boarders on the reckless-he won't tell us anything and we suspect the worst...