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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The government would be able to go to court with respect to newspaper articles, broadcast pieces and the like that they thought were bad or harmful or even against the government and try to block them.
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The principle though remains the same, and the important thing is CBS fought hard, very hard, to protect that principle and will fight again.
- Floyd Abrams