Giwosky v. Journal Co.

The plaintiff-respondent alleges that his business and reputation in the community were damaged in a series of radio-TV broadcasts over defendant-appellant’s stations. The broadcasts, combining comment and interviews, were baekground-of-thenews features discussing both changing conditions in a Milwaukee neighborhood 1 and the matter of “absentee landlords,” meaning landlords who did not reside on the property they rented. 2 (The broadcasts took place between August 21, 1972 and August 30, 1972.) The plaintiff is engaged in the business of residential real estate rentals and is, therefore, an…