Critical hermeneutics and American legal interpretation:A<i>search for the meaning of</i>new york times v. sullivan

Allen, David S.

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“…We examine this relationship through a case study of how the New York Times covered the civil rights story of the 1960s in the face of intimidating social, legal, and political environments that culminated in the Supreme Court’s landmark New York Times v. Sullivan decision of 1964 – a ruling widely regarded by legal scholars as one of the most consequential High Court decisions of the 20th century. Allen (1999), for example, states that the Sullivan ruling is ‘the most important decision the Court has made in the area of freedom of the press’ (p. 180).…”

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Journalism and activist democratic theory and ethics: When the ‘chilling effects’ of libel can lose effect

Mohamed

2018

Journalism

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We use the events of the civil rights movement of the 1960s as context in exploring deployment of ethical principles associated with activist democratic theory by New York Times editors. The ethical framework helped shape coverage of perceived injustices against minorities and set the tenor of confrontation with public officials. Subscription to activist journalism ethics assumes a lack of fairness in liberal democratic processes that take place within unequal social, economic, and political environments. These media tend to challenge the status quo more vigorously than do other media. A content analysis shows that the Times pursued the civil rights story with an activist zeal that got it entangled in the historic Sullivan libel lawsuit of 1960. The paper did not scale back its tone in challenging the social order in the South – even in the face of physical intimidation of reporters and in spite of the widely assumed ‘chilling effects’ of libel. This suggests that when media cover certain issues in an activist spirit, conventional restraints engendered by fear of libel may lose effect.

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Journalism and activist democratic theory and ethics: When the ‘chilling effects’ of libel can lose effect

Mohamed

2018

Journalism

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Critical hermeneutics and American legal interpretation:Asearch for the meaning ofnew york times v. sullivan

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Journalism and activist democratic theory and ethics: When the ‘chilling effects’ of libel can lose effect

Journalism and activist democratic theory and ethics: When the ‘chilling effects’ of libel can lose effect

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