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Actual Malice: Civil Rights and Freedom of the Press in New York Times V. Sullivan

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"In its landmark 1964 decision in New York Times v. Sullivan, the Supreme Court held that a public official must prove "actual malice" or reckless disregard of the truth in order to win a libel lawsuit. The case, which grew out of segregationists' attempts to quash reporting on the civil rights movement, revolutionized media reporting and public discourse in America. Drawing on previously unexplored sources, including the papers of the New York Times Company and leaders of the civil rights movement, this book tells the ...

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Actual Malice: Civil Rights and Freedom of the Press in New York Times V. Sullivan 2023, University of California Press

ISBN-13: 9780520385825

Hardcover