Vitteck v. Washington Broadcasting Co.

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• the court, not the jury, determines whether a communication is capable of bearing a defamatory construction
• affirmative defense whose resolution required “an additional factual and legal determination which cannot be resolved by simply examining the ... pleadings” could not be addressed in preliminary objections

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