Fair Comment

Fair comment is a legal term for a common law defense in defamation cases (libel or slander).

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Famous quotes containing the words fair and/or comment:

    “Much attribute he hath, and much the reason
    Why we ascribe it to him; yet all his virtues,
    Not virtuously of his own part beheld,
    Do in our eyes begin to lose their gloss,
    Yea, like fair fruit in an unwholesome dish,
    Are like to rot untasted.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “Making social comment is an artificial place for an artist to start from. If an artist is touched by some social condition, what the artist creates will reflect that, but you can’t force it.”
    —Bella Lewitzky (b. 1916)