Good News and Bad
One of the latent dangers indigenous to our constitutional guarantee of freedom
of press has to do with the protection of the individual against the detriment
that might come from the news reports involving him. There are libel laws which
protect against false charges. If an individual believes that his character or
livelihood have been damaged by a defamatory articles, he can sue. As the 
plaintiff he must refute the story and show how the defendant caused him harm
by printing a canard. The defendant attempts to substantiate the truth of the
story. The printing news may besmirch an individual's character, but there is
no way to alleviate this problem without changes in the constitution. This would
be tantamount to destroying the efficacy of our coveted right to learn the truth
from the press. We all deprecate the situation in which someone suffers because
of exposure in the newspapers. Only the harm is caused by someone with desire to
malign under the guise of printing the news can individual expect to win 
compensation through the courts.


a pretty kettle of fish--a messy situation, a problem.
He knew that when he attacked the sacred cow he would be in a pretty kettle
of fish.