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PRICE v. STOSSEL

No. 09-55087.

620 F.3d 992 (2010)

Frederick K.C. PRICE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John STOSSEL, an individual; Glenn Ruppel, an individual; American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation; Trinity Foundation, Inc., an entity, form unknown; Ole Anthony, an individual, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 24, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony Michael Glassman (argued), Richelle L. Kemler , Glassman, Browning, Saltsman & Jacobs, Inc., Beverly Hills, CA; Robert A. Olson , Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Andrew M. White (argued), David E. Fink , Allison S. Rohrer , Tami Kameda , White O'Connor Fink & Brenner LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for defendants-appellees John Stossel, Glenn Ruppel, American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.

Karl R. Loureiro , William E. Pallares , Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for defendants-appellees Ole Anthony and Trinity Foundation, Inc.

Before: MARY M. SCHROEDER, RAYMOND C. FISHER and N. RANDY SMITH, Circuit Judges.

SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge:

Journalists and publishers risk a defamation action when they put words in a public figure's mouth. The New Yorker magazine learned this to its chagrin in Masson v. New Yorker Magazine, Inc., 501 U.S. 496, 111 S.Ct. 2419, 115 L.Ed.2d 447 (1991). The issue in this case is whether there are similar risks when a network television program broadcasts a statement actually made by a public figure, but...

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