# Media: Liberal vs. Conservative

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/media-liberal-vs-conservative/233896>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 12, 2004, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/media-liberal-vs-conservative/233896 "2004-03-12T14:43:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2004, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/media-liberal-vs-conservative/233896/21 "2004-03-14T09:24:51Z")

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> [@OtakuLoki](#):
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> After the election, Ed King sued, and won, against the Boston Globe, it’s editorial board, and publishers, for knowing libel deliberately intended to give the primary to Michael Dukakis. The suit did go to trial, and was decided there. It was about 1987.

Can you provide a citation for this? I have been unable to find any verification on the Web of such a libel case.

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