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Standard and the first amendment doesn't just protect journalists, it protects everyone and the supreme court and the "new york times" versus sullivan case in 1964 said, in a democracy, we want open, costed, caustic, vehement, sometimes nasty debate to flourish to be a check on the government, to be a check on public figures. the new yorktimes standard doesn't borrow all libel suits. so a private person can bring a libel case and doesn't have to prove actual malice. a public figure like ms. palin, if she could prove if the "new york times" intentionally made a false statement, if she can't pro...

More breaking news we're following, a very unusual twist in sarah palin's lawsuit against "the new york times." the judge says, he said it a short time ago, he's going to dismiss the case even though the jury will resume deliberating tomorrow. the chief media correspondent, brian stelter is joining with us the latest. this is a win for the "new york times." tell us what happened. >> it is. "the new york times" is saying that this ruling is a reaffirmation of a fundamental tenet of american law that public figures should not be permitted to use libel suits to punish or intimidate news organizat...

Decided the facts, i decided the law. as it turns out, they were both in agreement in this case. "the new york times" obviously pleased by this ruling, saying yesterday, and about to say the same thing again today, that public leaders should not be permitted to use libel suits to punish or intimidate news organizations that make, acknowledge, and swiftly correct unintentional errors. if this "newsroom" or any other news room screws up and corrects it, that's not something you can sue and try to get millions of dollars for. however, we know some conservative lawyers would like to challenge that...

Understand bed rock principles, such that everyone is entitled to an attorney. >> miss to the southern poverty law center, a liberal group that started out good going after the you ku klux klan but is turned into a group that calls conservatives anybody racist and extremist and so forth. it lost libel suits on that. it recently fired its co-director and -- or director and co-founder and the president stepped down because of accusations of racial bias, sexual discrimination. look, if they had any dea decen, they would shut it down. it has a 300 endowment. >> nancy pelosi said it would be a good...

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