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“Hostile Environment” Charges And The Aba/Aals Accreditation/Membership Imbroglio, Post-Modernism’S “No Country For Old Men”: Why Defamed Law Professors Should Go Gentle Into That Good Night, David A. Elder
David A. Elder
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A Libel Law Analysis Of Media Abuses In Reporting On The Duke Lacrosse Fabricated Rape Charges, David A. Elder
A Libel Law Analysis Of Media Abuses In Reporting On The Duke Lacrosse Fabricated Rape Charges, David A. Elder
David A. Elder
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Truth, Accuracy And "Neutral Reportage": Beheading The Media Jabberwock's Attempts To Circumvent New York Times V. Sullivan -- A Plea For Classical Virtue, David A. Elder
David A. Elder
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Small Town Police Forces, Other Governmental Entities And The Misapplication Of The First Amendment To The Small Group Defamation Theory--A Plea For Fundamental Fairness For Mayberry, David A. Elder
David A. Elder
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Establishing Constitutional Malice For Defamation And Privacy/False Light Claims When Hidden Cameras And Deception Are Used By The Newsgatherer, David A. Elder, Neville L. Johnson, Brian A. Rishwain
Establishing Constitutional Malice For Defamation And Privacy/False Light Claims When Hidden Cameras And Deception Are Used By The Newsgatherer, David A. Elder, Neville L. Johnson, Brian A. Rishwain
David A. Elder
In the last two decades network television newsmagazines in an endless search for ratings, which translates into revenues, have declared war on the right of privacy we all enjoy as Americans. The hidden camera is “infotainment” masquerading as journalism, pandering to the most base emotions, including voyeurism, with eavesdropping used to obtain the salacious footage. A hidden camera story is essentially a “grainy little morality play,” edited to heighten the entertainment value, where journalists go undercover to mythologize their work by becoming protagonists, modern “folk heroes” who ferret out wrongdoing as the superheroes of pop culture. Undoubtedly, the most insidious …