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"The best thing for the press to do in a libel suit is to get the case before a jury because the public tends to trust the press more than it trusts the lawyer"A.TRUEB.FALSE

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Answer:False

Explanation: A libel is a tort(a civil wrong) that is written in order to defame or present the person or organisation in a bad context, libel exposes the Organisation that commits it to law suits which can lead to severe consequence for the Organisation or person responsible for such a crime.

A libel is different from A slander which means an oral Defamation if character.

LIBEL CASE ARE VERY HARD TO WIN IN THE UNITED STATES, STUDIES SHOW THAT ONLY ABOUT 13% LIBEL CASES HAVE BEEN WON TILL DATE.

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