First Amendment

Lawsuit against Fox News won't go to trial

Virgie Townsend | Content Regulation | Quicklink | June 10, 2008
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June 10, 2008

A District Court judge in Maine on Friday dismissed a school superintendent's slander suit against Fox News, finding no proof the station acted with actual malice when it reported a spoof of the superintendent's letter to students as true.

'Sun-Times' reporter isn't forced to testify in R. Kelly case

Miranda Fleschert | Reporter's Privilege | Quicklink | June 4, 2008
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June 4, 2008

Chicago Sun-Times reporter Jim DeRogatis can decline to answer questions in R. Kelly’s child-pornography trial, Judge Vincent Gaughan ruled today.