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To: PatrickHenry
Really? Never got that amped about Sullivan, myself.
217 posted on 12/26/2005 5:01:03 PM PST by Senator Bedfellow
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To: Senator Bedfellow
Never got that amped about Sullivan, myself.

We can't challenge people to duels any more, so the only recourse anyone has when the press defames him is litigation. Sullivan means that the press is virtually immune from such suits. Makes them sloppy. And nasty.

219 posted on 12/26/2005 5:07:17 PM PST by PatrickHenry (Virtual Ignore for trolls, lunatics, dotards, common scolds, & incurable ignoramuses.)
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