CNN CNN Newsroom With Alisyn Camerota and Victor Blackwell March 22, 2022 18:34:00
The supreme court has held as much, and that was the basis for the court's determinations in protecting the press from liability in "new york times" vs. sullivan and its progeny. >> okay. as you know, that ruling was unanimous ruling in support of the first amendment, and the court held that when newspapers report on public officials, they're only liable for untrue statements that are published with knowledge or reckless disregard for whether the statement was false. the court in sullivan based its decision on our country's, quote, profound national commitment to the principle that debate on p...