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Errors, lies, and libel
- Title
- Errors, lies, and libel / Peter E. Kane ; with a foreword by Elmer Gertz.
- Author
- Kane, Peter E., 1932-
- Publication
- Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©1992.
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- Additional Authors
- Gertz, Elmer, 1906-2000
- Description
- xviii, 171 p.; 22 cm.
- Summary
- One of the many points Kane clarifies is the important distinction between an error and a lie when judging whether someone is guilty of libel. For example, in the series of events that led to Goldwater vs. Ginzburg, Ralph Ginzburg, publisher of fact magazine, compiled and printed in fact a montage of quotes he had collected from psychiatrists about Barry Goldwater. It took five years of legal sparring for the courts to conclude that Ginzburg had deliberately published a malicious and irresponsible document and to rule in favor of Goldwater. Kane closes with a discussion of current thinking on possible libel reform.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-171).
- Contents
- The problem -- Commissioner Sullivan and The New York Times -- Barry Goldwater and fact magazine -- Police defame Gorge Rosenbloom -- The definitive definition of a public person : Gertz v. Welch -- The rules of libel--beyond comprehension -- Defamation suits as political tools : Generals Westmoreland and Sharon -- What to do about defamation.
- ISBN
- 0809317192
- 9780809317196
- 0809317206
- 9780809317202
- LCCN
- 90025032
- OCLC
- ocm22861481
- 22861481
- SCSB-1958437
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library