| Show illinois libel law illinoia baa a new libel law acme what similar to the one utah newspaper men desira enacted by the legislature it provided pr ovidea that a newspaper ahall have a chanco at retraction and if a false publication is corrected in as prominent a part of the paper as tho li bellous article for two issues then the injured party shall recover only actual damages it is not often that a newspaper publishes maliciously any news item concerning an individual but in the hurry of journalistic work and the numerous items that must le investigated mistakes are lieble to be made careful as a reporter may be he connot entirely avoid mistakes his information usually comes second banded and the fault is more often that of his informant than his own when a newspaper newa paper makes such a it is usually willing to make a correction A law giving it a chance to make a correction would therefore be just and it would at once determine the maliciousness it any in false publications the refusal of a paper to correct a mistake would indicate a in case of malicious publication more than actual damages in the way of punishment liht teach a mean news a lesson the common practice is so THE has experienced in its libel suit for people to anke advantage of small mistakes not ask for corrections but dimply tile libel suits the public will the unfairness of such treatment and we believe that public opinion generally will be favorable to tho domande of the press of utah for such a libel law as illinois has juanc enacted the press must have equal rights with other institutions in the blate |
