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Supreme court rules for journalists The Tennessee Supreme Court handed down a ruling Wednesday, that protects the right of journalists to report the news. The high court ruled that the fair report privilege, provided to journalists, cannot be defeated by alleged malice. The decision came in an appeal arising out of a defamation lawsuit. A Nashville news outlet broadcast news reports about a lawsuit that Nashville developer David Chase had filed in state court in which he claimed that certain members of Nashville law enforcement had plotted together to have him unjustly prosecuted. After the reports aired, the prosecutor in the case, sued the media outlet, claiming that he had been defamed. The station denied the claim, pointing to a legal doctrine called the fair report privilege. It allows any person or organization to report on official acts and proceedings and protects them from defamation claims so long as the reports of official acts and proceedings are fair and accurate. The Supreme Court explained that, so long as reports of official acts and proceedings are fair and accurate, the fair report privilege for the media applies.
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US 411 Project News
Mill Creek Wildfire Update
More Bad News For Smokies' Fans
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
Mill Creek Wildfire doubles in size
Goodbye Smokies?
Keep Cocke County Beautiful
Cocke Co. High School Remote Learning today!
Tuesday, April 27, 2021
The fireflies are coming!
Burnout Operations on MillCreek wildfire today
Gas prices drop
Tennessee keeps all US House seats
Monday, April 26, 2021
Boat accident victim ID'd
Traffic stop yields drug arrest
Cocke County Wildfires
Friday, April 23, 2021
Leaving WNPC
Mathis announces candidacy
Newport drug roundup
Cruise Against Cancer
Jobless numbers
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