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David Enrich on the Rightwing Plot to Erode Press Freedom By Overturning NYT v. Sullivan Libel Case
Extended conversation with David Enrich, author of “Murder the Truth: Fear, the First Amendment, and a Secret Campaign to Protect the Powerful.” In the book, Enrich chronicles an ongoing campaign by the wealthy and powerful to overturn the landmark Supreme Court decision New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, which in 1964 established bedrock protections against spurious defamation and libel cases in the U.S. legal system.