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Re:How the Supermarket Tabloids Stay Out of Court (1991) by spriggan3 on Monday May 30, 2016 @05:19PM (#11803270)
> I suppose the notion of press freedom has changed between 1991 and Gawker's case.

Press freedom doesn't mean freedom from being sued by individuals. Gawker's case has nothing to do with Press freedom. It isn't the american government who is suing Gawker.

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Re:How the Supermarket Tabloids Stay Out of Court (1991) by icebraining on Monday May 30, 2016 @06:06PM (#11803488)
While it doesn't protect them from being sued, it's not true that the First Amendment and press freedom has nothing to do with civil cases.

http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=1b0cef82-2385-...

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