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MAGNUSSON v. NEW YORK TIMES CO.

No. 97,703.

98 P.3d 1070 (2004)

2004 OK 53

James E. MAGNUSSON, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. NEW YORK TIMES CO. d/b/a KFOR, and Brad Edwards, Defendants/Appellees.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Rehearing Denied September 20, 2004.

As Corrected September 24, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Holly Hefton, Oklahoma City, OK, for Plaintiff/Appellant.

Robert D. Nelon, Jon Epstein, Oklahoma City, OK, for Defendants/Appellees.

KAUGER, J.:

¶ 1 We granted certiorari to consider two issues: 1) whether two broadcasts aired by the defendants/appellees, New York Times Co. d/b/a KFOR (KFOR) and Brad Edwards (Edwards) (collectively, media) come within the common law fair comment privilege, affording individuals the opportunity for honest expressions of opinion on matters of legitimate public interest based on true or privileged statements of fact; and 2) whether the media may utilize the privilege...

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