Brewer v. Capital Cities/ABC, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that statements in ―20/20‖ news report program that plaintiffs––nursing home owners––were responsible for patient abuse and had engaged in ―profiteering‖ were, based on context and viewed in light of entirety of report, opinions that would not support defamation action
• holding that statements in “20/20” news report program that plaintiffs––nursing home owners––were responsible for patient abuse and had engaged in “profiteering” were, based on context and viewed in light of entirety of report, opinions that would not support defamation action
• holding that statement accusing plaintiff of “profiteering” was opinion, thus not actionable, “particularly so when the facts underlying an opinion are set out in the publication itself, thereby allowing the listener to evaluate the facts and either accept or reject the opinion.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).