Lewis v. Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc.

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• “If the statement in question bears on a matter of public concern, or the defendant is a member of the media, First Amendment concerns compel the plaintiff to prove, as an element, that the alleged 25 defamatory statement is in fact false.”

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