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Peer reviewedPasternack, Steve – Journalism Quarterly, 1983
Concludes that most newspapers will reject letters to the editor that they consider to be libelous, but that many make efforts to rehabilitate those letters. (FL)
Descriptors: Legal Problems, Legal Responsibility, Letters (Correspondence), Media Research
Peer reviewedAnderson, Douglas A. – Journalism Quarterly, 1979
Considers the way in which Drew Pearson--who was involved in more than 100 libel actions during his reporting career--fared in the courts and was affected by the ever-evolving libel law. (GT)
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Freedom of Speech
