https://toddmcmurtrylaw.com/2019/07/25/does-a-persons-reputation-have-any-value-under-the-law/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=does-a-persons-reputation-have-any-value-under-the-law Todd's Personal Site Sun, 28 Jul 2019 09:50:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://toddmcmurtrylaw.com/2019/07/25/does-a-persons-reputation-have-any-value-under-the-law/#comment-2 Sun, 28 Jul 2019 09:50:43 +0000 https://toddmcmurtrylaw.com/?p=1957#comment-2 Well said. Libel, slander, and defamation laws have been so well defined in the last century that journalists well know how to get around it to remain safe in the courtroom. However, you say “when you are a well-known public figure, you are no longer safe from a newspaper.” This is, by no means, a new development. Public figures have long been held to a different standard when it comes to how they can be reported on in the media. While I think the 24 hour news cycle has made this discrepancy much more prominent, I don’t think that the problem has at all worsened.

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