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malicious falsehood

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See: libel


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Neeson, nominated for an Academy Award for his role in ``Schindler's List,'' and Richardson, who won a Tony Award this year for ``Cabaret,'' had sued the publishers of the Mirror tabloid for libel and malicious falsehood after publication of the story last month.
The libel laws of this country exist to protect against the dissemination of malicious falsehoods.
Adrian Zuckerman said state law does not allow speech that is "a malicious falsehood intended to injure another party.
 
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