Legislation that would benefit the media have well-placed allies in this year’s effort to scrap the state’s ”false light” doctrine for suing publishers or broadcasters over accurate, but irritating, statements in news reports.
Proponents see it as a protection for unfettered news reporting. Others warn that taking away the option to sue for ”embarrassment, humiliation and ridicule” will diminish the common-law right to be left alone.
Read Bill Cotterell’s Tallahassee Democrat story here.
March 2, 2007 Posted by Tallahassee Democrat