FAIR-REPORT PRIVILEGE

fair-report privilege.A defense to liability for publishing defamatory matter from a report of

an official or judicial proceeding, when the report is a full, fair, and accurate account of the

proceeding. [Cases: Libel and Slander 39, 42. C.J.S. Libel and Slander; Injurious Falsehood §§

69–70, 99–100, 103.][Blacks Law 8th]