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Why lawsuits against the media may not hurt freedom of the press

  • Written by Nancy Costello, Associate Clinical Professor of Law, Michigan State University
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Free speech advocates have long believed that suing a news organization threatens free speech. Democracy needs a press to be free to report, without fear or favor, the facts as it sees them.

But two recent legal actions against news organizations...

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