• Google and read the Supreme Court Landmark case New York Times v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254 (1964)
• Senior JudgeLaurence Silberman wrote a very striking dissenting opinion in a defamation case calling for a reconsideration of the landmark Supreme Court case of New York Times v Sullivan. He said that things have changed in the last fifty (50) years since New York Times v. Sullivan was decided. He went on to say that the New York Times is no longer the New York Times. He further states that the New York Times used to be an objective newspaper of record. Today Silberman says that the New York Times is the party organ of the democratic party. It has become a predictable newspaper. In other words, we cannot trust the media to give us unbiased assessment of the news.

Questions:

Should the media be given a license to lie as was in the case of New York Times v. Sullivan?

Do you agree or disagree with Justice Silberman's statement?

Lawyers, Doctors and many other professionals are subject to some form of code of ethics and standard of practice, shouldn't the media be also subject to such similar code of ethics?

Law cases can be found using the following websites:

• https://www.findlaw.com/
• https://www.supremecourt.gov/
• https://www.oyez.org/