December 2022
Year End Articles
PUBLICATION: MLRC Bulletin
in this issue
Persistent And Emerging Threats to the Autocrat’s Bugbear: Satire and Political Cartoons
Terry Anderson and Roslyn A. MazerA look into the nature of cartoonists’ criminalization and the varied, sometimes oblique means by which their freedom of expression is attacked.
TOPICS : First Amendment
The Internet Has Failed Us as A Society: A Debate
Hugo Rikind, Jane Kirtley, Hugh Tomlinson KC, and Gavin Millar KCFour experts from journalism, academia, and law contemplate the legal, political, and cultural issues surrounding the internet and society.
TOPICS : Digital Media
Actual Malice, Ariel Sharon, and the Future of the Right to be Wrong
Denver NicksA deep dive into Sharon v. Time with the benefit of hindsight helpfully illustrates the importance of the right to be wrong and the dangers that present when courts inject a flawed understanding of how journalism works into the actual malice inquiry.
TOPICS : Defamation