No other country in the world gives protection like that, but it is not absolute protection. People sometimes meet that high burden and win libel suits, and in those cases I think they ought to win.

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It has something to do with the facts and the law and who the judges...

It has something to do with the facts and the law and who the judges...

So sometimes the facts are good and sometimes the facts are bad, the important thing...

So sometimes the facts are good and sometimes the facts are bad, the important thing...

I try to do that in this book without preaching - to try to do...

I try to do that in this book without preaching - to try to do...

I mean the idea of this is that it's a good thing for the public...

I mean the idea of this is that it's a good thing for the public...

I think that it is important for people to understand that whether a good-guy or...

I think that it is important for people to understand that whether a good-guy or...

When I began we did not really have a lot of First Amendment law. It...

When I began we did not really have a lot of First Amendment law. It...

Here we have a situation where a defendant in a case agrees to an interview...

Here we have a situation where a defendant in a case agrees to an interview...

I think we have some serious problems now, but, if you look back over the...

I think we have some serious problems now, but, if you look back over the...

This is going right to the police. So, it's a very dangerous precedent.

This is going right to the police. So, it's a very dangerous precedent.

I really did try to write it so that an educated public that cares about...

I really did try to write it so that an educated public that cares about...

I think that the very fact that CBS fought and fought and fought in Texas,...

I think that the very fact that CBS fought and fought and fought in Texas,...

It just seems to be a human trait to want to protect the speech of...

It just seems to be a human trait to want to protect the speech of...

I really try at least to come back and answer the question as to whether...

I really try at least to come back and answer the question as to whether...

There are some circumstances in which the First Amendment interest comes up against another interest...

There are some circumstances in which the First Amendment interest comes up against another interest...

I know a lot of reporters certainly will go to jail to defend confidential sources....

I know a lot of reporters certainly will go to jail to defend confidential sources....

If the word gets out, if the perception exists that by speaking to a CBS...

If the word gets out, if the perception exists that by speaking to a CBS...

I still owe a duty of loyalty to my clients and former clients, so I...

I still owe a duty of loyalty to my clients and former clients, so I...

I am really impressed by lawyers who write books and tell us that they never...

I am really impressed by lawyers who write books and tell us that they never...

The government would be able to go to court with respect to newspaper articles, broadcast...

The government would be able to go to court with respect to newspaper articles, broadcast...

It is within the last quarter century or thirty years. And a lot of that...

It is within the last quarter century or thirty years. And a lot of that...