NEW YORK TIMES RULE

New York Times rule.A commonsense rule of ethical conduct holding that one should not do anything arguably newsworthy — in public or in private — that one would mind having reported on the front page of a major newspaper. • In various communities, a local newspaper is substituted for the Times. — Also termed New York Times test; New York Times v. Sullivan rule. See actual malice under MALICE.

[Blacks Law 8th]