Samantha Barbas: Podcast Interviews

Samantha Barbas

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Author, Lawyer

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2 Interviews

Samantha Barbas's Interviews

Leonard Lopate & Samantha Barbas • 25 Feb 2023 • EN

Samantha Barbas on ACTUAL MALICE

Actual Malice tells a story of New York Times v. Sullivan, the dramatic case that grew out of segregationists’ attempts to quash reporting on the civil rights movement. In its landmark 1964 decision, the Supreme Court held that a public official must prove “actual malice” or reckless disregard of the truth to win a lib

Andrew Keen & Samantha Barbas • 21 Feb 2023 • EN

Should Law about Press Freedom be Rewritten for our Internet Age? Samantha Barbas on how the Supreme Court might be preparing to overhaul New York Times vs Sullivan

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to ACTUAL MALICE author Samantha Barbas about Civil Rights and Freedom of the Press in the 1964 New York Times v. Sullivan case and how the current Supreme Court might be plotting to review this ruling. Samantha Barbas is the author of several books on media history and law, with a