 Thus while such a bad motive may be deemed controlling for purposes of tort liability in other areas of the law, we think the First Amendment prohibits such a result in the area of public debate about public figures. Were we to hold otherwise, there can...  Seeking Free & Responsible Media - Page 14Full view - About this book
 | Terry Eastland - 2000 - 446 pages
...prohibits such a result in the area of public debate about public figures. Were we to hold otherwise, there can be little doubt that political cartoonists...showing that their work falsely defamed its subject. Wehster's defines a caricature as "the deliberately distorted picturing or imitating of a person, literary... | |
 | Chris Lamb - 2004 - 308 pages
...false statement of fact that was made with actual malice. "Were we to hold otherwise," the Court said, "there can be little doubt that political cartoonists and satirists would be subjected to damage without any showing that their work falsely defamed its subject."20 The Hustler decision thus... | |
 | James Gordley, Arthur Taylor von Mehren - 2006 - 648 pages
...prohibits such a result in the area of public debate about public figures. Were we to hold otherwise, there can be little doubt that political cartoonists...showing that their work falsely defamed its subject. Webster's defines a caricature as 'the deliberately distorted picturing or imitating of a person, literary... | |
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