Legal Opinion
Baker v. Los Angeles Herald Examiner
California Supreme Court
Decided July 31, 1986No. L.A. 32147PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BIRD, C. J.
The question before this court is whether the Court of Appeal erred in holding that an alleged defamatory statement in a television program review which began with the phrase, “My impression is,” was a statement of fact rather than a statement of opinion.
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Defendant, Peter Bunzel, writes a regularly featured editorial column entitled “Peter Bunzel on Television,” for defendant Los Angeles Herald Examiner (Herald Examiner). On December 29, 1983, the Herald Examiner published a column by Bunzel entitled, “Birds and bees bomb in ‘Sex Education' tonight.” (Bunzel, Birds and bees…
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