Headline alone can be enough for defamation claim

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The US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, in Kaelin v. Globe Communications, reversed the district court's dismissal of Kato Kaelin's defamation suit against the National Examiner, a tabloid newspaper. Kaelin claimed a headline libeled him by implying the police suspected him of the murders for which O.J. Simpson was acquitted. The Court ruled a reasonable jury could find the actual malice required for defamation suits by public figures like Kaelin.

United States, Libel and slander, Kaelin, Brian

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Failure to verify comments doesn't show recklessness

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The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled in Elder v. Gaffney Ledger, Inc. that a newspaper's failure to investigate an anonymous accusation before publication did not rise to the level of a reckless disregard of the truth. The ruling overturned a jury verdict for a police chief who was allegedly being paid off by drug dealers.

South Carolina, Police officers, Press, Journalistic ethics, Police and the press, Recklessness (Law)

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