Mary Annecchiarico was an Associate Editor for the Spring 1989 issue of the Ryerson Review of Journalism. Libel Law: The Chilling Effect
The journalist’s badge. That’s how Ron Adams, host of CBC Radio’s Media File, referred to getting sued. He was questioning Jock Ferguson of The Globe and Mail about libel chill. Lawsuit phobia, if you prefer-the notion that the threat of fighting legal actions, with their high costs in time and money, often inhibits aggressive reporting. […]
