For a Newspaper to Be Found Guilty of Libeling a Public

question 89

Multiple Choice

 For a newspaper to be found guilty of libeling a public official,the accused party must 

• A) prove beyond reasonable doubt that what was printed was damaging, even if it was printed accidentally. 
• B) sue the reporter who wrote the story and not the newspaper that published it. 
• C) sue the newspaper that published the story and not the reporter who wrote it. 
• D) provide clear and convincing evidence that what was printed was malicious. 
• E) establish that what was printed could have been interpreted in more than one manner.

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