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ERIC Number: EJ370110
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1987
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Libel and the Opinion Writer: The Fact-Opinion Distinction.
Stonecipher, Harry W.; Sneed, Don
Journalism Quarterly, v64 n2-3 p491-98 Sum-Fall 1987
Presents a brief overview of both the common law and constitutional privileges protecting the expression of opinion. Notes that, although the case of "Ollman v. Evans" provides a four-factor test to make the fact-opinion distinction, ambiguity is still evident in many cases. (MM)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Common Law; First Amendment
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