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Thinking about freedom of the press? Here's a court case to know about:
NY Times v Sullivan (1964) /1
Facts of the case: An ad in the NYT alleged Alabama arrest of Dr. Martin Luther King was designed to undermine the Civil Rights Movement/2
Sullivan, a Montgomery, AL city official, filed a libel action against the NYT for the ad. Won a $500k judgment for fact errors in ad. /3
SCOTUS said the 1st Amdt protects the press' publication of all statements, even false ones, in about the conduct of public officials/4
All statements about public officials (even false) = free speech unless made with "actual malice" and "reckless disregard for the truth"/5
Read the case and listen to oral arguments here: oyez.org/cases/1963/39 /end
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