In New York Times v.Sullivan,the United States Supreme Court held that public officials cannot recover for defamation unless they can prove that the defendant acted with actual ________.

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In New York Times v. Sullivan, the Supreme Court held that public officials could not recover for defamation unless they could prove that the defendant acted with actual malice, meaning they published the defamatory statement with knowledge that it was false or with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not.

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