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Press freedom advocates alarmed by $300,000 defamation verdict against Louisiana newspaper

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Press freedom advocates alarmed by $300,000 defamation verdict against Louisiana newspaper

The Guardian · Sep 1, 2026, 10:11 PM UTC

Experts say ruling could undermine the ‘actual malice’ standard and make publishers more wary of critical reporting A $300,000 jury verdict won recently by a Louisiana supreme court justice who sued the Advocate , the state’s largest newspaper, for libel over an editorial has caused concern among some US press freedom defenders.…